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Getting back into painting after a long hiatus. The next series that I'm doing begins with The LORD (YHVH) coming down in fire upon Mt. Sinai with the children of Israel waiting to hear from Him.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Reinterpreting Christ Cleansing the Temple
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegetty/6936625819/in/photostream
2/12/2012 My sister, a close friend and I went to the Getty Center Museum in Los Angeles to get another feasting of good art. Later in the day we noticed that there was a wing in off of one of the galleries that had a room specifically devoted to sketching and sculptures and artwork(Sketching Gallery). So being curious we went in and looked around, until I was struck by the painting Christ Cleansing the Temple by Bernardino Mei.
What struck me was not only the style and dynamic movement found with the figures but also the peculiar content in which Jesus (Yeshua) is enraged while aggressively pushing away the old woman's offering of pigeons. According to the Gospel accounts as in Matthew 21:12 " Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves". The emphasis would have been his anger towards the priesthood making a profit of the sacrifices and as he stated in the following verse "And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
Based on this knowledge I wanted to do a significant change or different interpretation of the painting based on the Gospel accounts. Done in graphite on 11"x14"paper.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
"Bubbles"
Acrylic on Wood panels(4",8",12",22.5"-Diameter) 31.5"x27.5"
Mariano David Otero ©2011
Midterm Assignment for Painting class. Objective was to "break the rectangle". This was a bit tricky because a good amount of traditional artwork is done in an angular or rectangular format. After the 2nd week (2 weeks before the midterm) the idea of bubbles popped in. This took a good amount of time due to the layers.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
From One Order to the Next
36"x48" Acrylic on Canvas
Mariano David Otero © 2011Assignment#2 Political. An overview of the repulsion from the Bush Administration along with the movement following the cult of personality from the last election. For this election year, it seemed ripe for a critique at a crossroads considering the current political/socio-economic track we are in.
Classcape24"x36" Acrylic on Canvas
Mariano David Otero © 2011
Mariano David Otero © 2011
Assignment#1 Perspective . This assignment required a good amount of perspective view in the painting. I decided to do the North side of the campus facing the west due to the scenery and lighting. I wanted to emulate the serene ambiance from the location. Enjoy.
Rio Hondo College Art Gallery
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