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Work in Progress

Feeding the Family, 2024, oil on canvas.

Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire

- Gustav Mahler

This painting depicts my daughter with her great grandmother (my "Abuelita"). On every visit to the United States, my Abuelita would open her suitcase to reveal her homemade sweet empanadas filled with guava and pineapple marmalade. I still remember the deliciously sweet warm scent of those small desserts. To others they may not taste particularly special, but to me and my family nothing can compare to that nostalgic taste made with love. Though my daughter never had the opportunity to meet her great-grandmother, they are connected through the passing down of this tradition of making sweet empanadas. My daughter’s small working hands are lovingly enveloped and guided by her great-grandmother’s own aged and experienced ones to emphasize that when my children create this family recipe, it is as if my Abuelita is baking along with them. 

This painting is the most recent part of an art series that is the focus of my Capstone Project for the Masters program at the University of Florida, to be completed this summer of 2024.

                                             

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