Our Lady Of Montserrat
Description:
The face of the Virgin of Montserrat is portrayed turned to the side. She wears a decorated head cover and a crown. This is modeled after the statue of the dark virgin of Montserrat whose shrine is at Montserrat.
Our Lady Of Sorrows
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Our Lady of Sorrows is depicted in traditional New Mexican style using natural pigments on gessoed pine. The subject is in a downward looking pose, with hands clasped, in a dark blue robe, white coif, and red dress, with a sword in her heart.
Our Lady Of Guadalupe With Light Blue Border
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Our Lady of Guadalupe is portrayed in traditional northern New Mexico style. This is a "retablo" or "santo", an image of a saint or holy figure, painted on a board.
Purple Guadalupe
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The Virgin of Guadalupe is portrayed dressed in purple, surrounded by her aura and roses, with a dove overhead and an angel below. There is a purple border with yellow diamonds and red flower buds. The Virgin has a sweet expression on her downward glancing face.
St. Cecilia With Organ And Dove
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St. Cecilia is portrayed with an organ, dove, martyr's palm, roses and lilies. She has a white dress and red cloak and looks upward towards the dove, which represents the Holy Spirit. The original is a "retablo", an image of a saint painted using traditional Northern New Mexico materials, that is, on a pine board with rabbit skin glue based ground and water based natural pigment paints.
Las Tres Potencias Or The Three Powers
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This traditional image of the three powers of the soul is rare in New Mexican art. The three rays emanating from the Christ Child represent memory, intellect and will, and also the Blessed Trinity. It is painted in the style of early New Mexican santeros, with simple lines and colors.
The original work is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Fine Art America secure checkout system. Please contact the artist directly to inquire about purchasing this original by clicking on the picture link below.
St. Francis In New Mexico
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St. Francis is portrayed in traditional New Mexican style, but with a non-traditional background of a typical northern New Mexico landscape. There are chamiso bushes, piñon trees, and snow capped purple mountains with a pink and turquoise sunrise behind them. A cottontail rabbit, a wolf, and a bluebird accompany the patron saint of animals.
St. Francis On Hill
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St. Francis is depicted in the traditional blue habit of Spanish colonial New Mexico, holding a western bluebird and cross, with barefeet and stigmata. The background is a reddish brown earth pigment, and the border is yellow, black with sgrafitto, and bright red earth pigment.
The original work is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Fine Art America secure checkout system. Please contact the artist directly to inquire about purchasing this original by clicking on the picture link below.
About Ellen:
Ellen Chavez de Leitner lives in Chimayo, NM, where she and her family have been producing traditional Hispanic art since 1986, continuing the tradition of their ancestors. She uses traditional materials – hand carved pinewood, homemade gesso, and water based paints made with natural pigments and dyes, and piñon sap varnish. Her main influence is the simple devotional expressiveness of the master santeros of the 18th and 19th centuries, but she also finds inspiration in 11th - 12th century Romanesque art, illuminated manuscripts, and Baroque and Renaissance religious art. Each of Ellen’s retablos is a unique, hand-painted work of art. The Museum of New Mexico and the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, as well as private collectors worldwide have collected works by Ellen and each of her six children.
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