Coleadero

So this is my final drawing in Mexico. Appropriately a Mexican topic. Having a family that is involved in rodeo in Canada I was very excited to go to my first Charro.

The charreada itself consists of a number of scoring events staged in a particular order—nine for the men and one for the women. Two or more teams, called asociaciones, compete against each other. Teams can compete to become state, regional, and national champions. The competitors are judged by both style and execution. Unlike rodeos, most charreadas do not award money to the winners as charreadas are considered an amateur sport, not professional. Under Mexican laws it would be illegal to receive a monetary reward for participating in a charreada. At times there are such prizes as saddles or horse trailers.

Colas en el Lienzo, or Coleadero (Steer Tailing) similar to bull dogging except that the rider does not dismount; the charro rides alongside the left side of the bull, wraps its tail around his right leg, and tries to bring the bull down in a roll as he rides past it. Points are given for technique, time, and roll of the bull.

I have been wanting to attempt this drawing for sometime and it is only because I am drawing on more than one piece of paper that this has become possible.

Pastel painting size 60x78 cm unframed For sale contact artist.

Selena

This morning my cleaning lady Aida came in and continued a conversation we were having Friday. Now my Spanish is 'poco', and I had believed she had asked me if I would paint her daughter. Now this morning it works out that she wanted me to paint a picture FOR her daughter, for a school assignment tomorrow as Carla was doing a presentation on Selena, or at least I think that is what she said!

So Carla had sent over a 'flash stick' with a b/w picture of Selena! 'Rapido, rapido' I had a picture of Serena, two hours later and before Aida had finished cleaning!

I have since learned that Selena born April 16th 1971 in Lake Jackson Texas, murdered on March 31st 1995.

Selena was known as “The Queen of Tejano”. Tejano music is a fusion of polkas, country-western and traditional Mexican folk music that is sung in Spanish. Selena and her group “Los Dinos” created a unique sound by mixing in Colombian cumbia, pop and R&B – winning them fans all over the United States, Latin America and the world.

Sleeping Baby

Seen on the streets in Mexico. This is using different paper and an unusual perspective for me!

SOLD

Hat Woman in Chiapas

Needed a change in subject matter and this is the result. I had taken this photo when we visited Chiapas back in 2007.

Pastel size 62 x 55 cm framed using 7cm matt, non glare glass and black frame US$275

ON SALE $200