The Gallery

The Blue Buddha

Radiante

El Camino

Double Buddha

Mixed Media Buddha

Me miro en el espejo y te pienso. Somos la misma imagen. Aspiro. Respiro. Medito.

Mandalas

When you paint Mandalas you go deep within...no space for anything or anyone else but the round journey that you are traveling.

La Geisha

She stares in the mirror as her dresser ties her obi.

So many folds of muslin and silk cover her.

Her enormous black wig weighs on her head and the part of her beautifully powdered white neck in the back seems to be the only few inches of her that is exposed…that feels the light breeze coming from the open window.

She suffocates but keeps quiet. The heavy kimono weighs her down.

She enters the room and the men look with admiration. With lust. But what is it that they see? Can they unveil her layers one by one with their eyes? Until they get to the rawness of her skin. To the sadness of her soul?

Tus Ojos

Newspaper Chick















Buddha Thoughts

Coca

Is it too late for me?

I've had so many interests in my life. I've always done "something" crafty. My kids call these artistic expressions "Mom's phases." Like my "pillow phase" when I made everyone I knew a hand sewn pillow for Christmas, or my "knitting phase" when I produced hats and scarves and shawls and my "mosaic phase" or my "gold leaf phase" where I converted everything I could lay my hands on into gold leaf productions. My husband was a little worried that I might want to gold leaf the car! Well, I never considered the car, but the dining room table? That was a distinct possibility I learned how to gold leaf from a man who used to gold leaf churches in Bogota, Colombia where I lived for less than a year a long time ago. He was a wonderful teacher...when he was not dead drunk and couldn't be reached.

Late in life I started drawing and painting. I started with Mandalas. Calm, soothing spheres of whatever came out of my consciousness. Mandalas are enormously therapeutic. I never went to art school and I certainly was not encouraged when I was young. I guess there is a time in life for everything. Its never too late.

Slowly but surely...

I will include paintings and drawings and crazy stuff that goes through my mind. Thank you Goose for this lovely Birthday present. I hope I don't bore you to death with this blog! I know I will enjoy adding stuff. It will be another way to communicate with you and your siblings and show you a bit of my life while we are so far away.

La Santera

Con sus hierbas magicas y su poder. Solo por saber lo que yo intuyo. Ayudame amiga a despojarme de malos espiritus, de energias que me dejan vacia y sin fuerza. Ayudame por favor.

This blog has been created to give Mama Elena a platform in which she can share her incredible creations with the world - the world doesn't know how lucky they are.

Take it away Mama!!!

- Her Daughter The Goose