RUTA| Honoring Mexico’s Bicentennial
2010
RUTA 2010
Featuring 100 Artists from 18 Countries INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION HONORING MEXICO’S BICENTENNIAL SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 1, 2010 Curated by Nina Torres Inaugurated by Mexican Ambassador Juan Miguel Gutierrez Tinoco
RUTA 2010 is an International Juried Exhibition with the mission of honoring Mexico’s Bicentennial of its Independence from Spain in 1810. The Foundation of Contemporary Art in collaboration with Bakehouse Art Complex and Latin American Art Consulting will be hosting RUTA 2010, an International juried exhibition that will be inaugurated by Mexican Ambassador in Miami, Juan Miguel GutiÊrrez Tinoco on September 10, 2010. More than 300 artworks were received for RUTA 2010 and 100 artworks qualified to represent the 100 years of Mexican Revolution. The participation of these 100 artists from 18 countries will contribute to this magnificence art exhibition. The 18 countries participating are: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Macedonia, Mexico, Sultanate of Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, U.S.A, Venezuela. Because of the 100 artists that will participate in the exhibition, RUTA 2010 will have a wonderful diversity of cultures that will get together in his exhibition incorporating different manifestation of art, such as: photography, painting, installation, video, drawing, screen printing, sculpture and fiber. This diversity of cultures and media will make RUTA 2010 a fantastic international juried exhibition. The exhibition will be held from September 10 to October 1, 2010 in the Audrey Love Gallery located in the Bakehouse Art Complex. The opening reception will be on Friday, September 10, from 7 to 10 pm.
Foundation of Contemporary Art (FCA) is a non-profit contemporary visual arts organization based in Miami, FL. Through their exhibitions, international exchange, programs and events, FCA is committed to cultural and intellectual diversity and aims to stimulate public dialogues about contemporary art. Their exhibitions and programs are intended to promote consideration among the local audience while extending the dialogue to international audience through print and electronic outreach.
www.focoart.org
The Bakehouse Art Complex BAC is a non-profit organization dedicated to attracting emerging and midcareer artists in South Florida to a workplace that provides affordable studios, exhibition galleries, and professional development opportunities. From its inception, the Bakehouse Art Complex has provided emerging and midcareer artists with the opportunity to creatively explore and develop their artistic endeavors. The uniqueness of the Bakehouse is its ability to provide an engaging environment to its artists by inspiring and encouraging each other, and informing and attracting new artists. As part of its long-term commitment to the art community, the BAC’s educational programming is now focused on artist advancement and plans are now underway for the next stage of development.
www.bacfl.org
Participating Artists
Abigail Lelis Aldo Suarez Alekxey Sabido Alex Trimino Alfonso Bravo Alicia H Torres Ana Lopez Montes Anna Balboa Antonio Nuùez Araceli Salcedo Arlen Ruiz Aurora Molina Aysha Marie Zouain Bobby O’Neill Carol Adrianza Carrie Ochoa Cecilia Rivera Christa Klinckwort Christopher Carter Christopher Rodriguez Claudia Calle Claudia Lugo Claudio Marrero Daniela Wicki David Martinez David Tamargo Deborah Mitchell Denise A. Castro Donna Bernstein Donna Lee Steffens Dunia Gatica Eduardo Chirino Edurne Esponda
Elaine Laureno Evans Emilio Hector Rodriguez Estrella Arenas Evangelina Diego Fabio Mesa Felipe Herrera Gisela Savdie Glennys Marie Castro Hans Rasch Hilse Poletti-Martin Ingrid Eliasson Ingrid Poch Irena Gapkovska Isabel Brinck Jennifer Basile Jennyfer Toplak Gonzalez Johanna Monserratte John M Carpenter Jorge Moedano Josafat Miranda Jose Acosta Jose Pacheco Silva Juan Carlos Zaldivar Karen Starosta-Gilinski Kim Yantis Kuti Martinez Laura Villarreal Leni Ibarguengoytia Lizzie Hunter Lorena Rodriguez Luz Maria Charlita Luzma Ramirez Manuel Rodriguez
Marcia Ramos-Perello Margarita Chacon Maria T. Ason Mariana Altamirano Marilyn Liedman Marisabel Bazan Mary Larsen Maxine Spector Miriam Libhaber Monique Diaz MUniEK Nahila Campos Natalia Reparaz Nicole Almazan Noriko Kuresumi Octavio Cuellar Olga Suarez Pati Laylle Patricia Montaudon Patricia Schnall Gutierrez Peter Hammar Rafael Lopez Ramos Regina Jestrow Rocio Granados Rocio Klapes Sara Waisburd Sterling Rook Stuart Bazerman Tina Salvesen Tita Millan Toa Castellanos Victor Gomez Yasmin Khalaf
A BIGAIL LELIS
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Streams Installation Dimensions Variable Graphite coffee and ink on Japanese paper 2010
A LDO SUAREZ
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Encounter Acrylic on Canvas, 48” x 36” 1999
A LEKXEY SABIDO
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A LEX TRIMINO
Sinchucho Acrylic on canvas, 53” x 63” 2009
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Untitled Video Installation, 10’5’’ X 6’5’’ 2010
A LICIA H. TORRES
A LFONSO BRAVO
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Leaves Series Digital Print 1/3, 12” x 18” 2010
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The Crying Woman (La Llorona) Acrylic on canvas, 48” X 36” 2010
A NA LOPEZ MONTES
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Lighthouse Monotype on cotton paper, 31” x 42” 2010
A NNA BALBOA
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Sneakers Lightbox Photography, 34” X 28” 2009
A NTONIO NUÑEZ
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A RACELI SALCEDO
Broken Wings Mixed media on canvas, 16” x 20” 2005
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Secretos Mixed media on canvas, 32” x 26” 2010
A RLEN RUIZ
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A URORA MOLINA
Abstracto de los Muertos Oil on canvas, 18” x 24” 2010
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Lack of Tact Robotic Mechanism censored and programmed, stuffing, sewing, 15” x 7” x 4”, 2010
A YSHA MARIE ZOUAIN
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Appearances and Apparitions One Copy Digital Print, 16” x 12” 2009
B OBBY O’NEILL
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Mira 1 1/1 Fine art Photography, 21” x 24” 2008
C AROL ADRIANZA
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C ARRIE OCHOA
Portrait of María Callas Mixed media on canvas, 78” x 48” 2010
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She Leads, Chicken of Arch Mixed media on Watercolor paper, 96” x 48” 2010
C ECILIA RIVERA
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C HRISTA KLINCKWORT
Helado de Piña Oil on canvas, 27.5” x 70.75” 2010
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Frida Mixed media on canvas, 14” x 12” 2010
C HRISTOPHER CARTER
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Bound (Four Star) Mixed Media, 36” x 48” (Approx) 2007
C HRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ
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Pygmalion Mixed media on paper, 50” x 48” 2008
C LAUDIA CALLE
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C LAUDIA LUGO
Movement #1 1/10 Photography on wood, 20” x 30” 2009
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Integrating My Ancestors with my Present India ink and cotton paper, 70” x 47” 2009
C LAUDIO MARRERO
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D ANIELA WICKI
Ignorando a DuChamp Digital printing 1/3 2010
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Maras (detail) Mixed media on canvas, 60” x 36” 2009
D AVID MARTINEZ
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D AVID TAMARGO
Lacerations Oil on canvas, 48” x 24” 2010
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Enter now the pale forest enter the hot dream, come with us everything is broken up and dances... C-Print on stainless steel, Enamel Weather Proof Coating 16” X 24”, 2010
D EBORAH MITCHELL
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Loggerhead Skull Digital archive print, nails, charcoal, twine, leaves and light bulb, 24” x 36”, 2010
D ENISE A. CASTRO
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Confession of a Brutal Engagement (Just Chin) Black and White Print, 11” x 14” 2010
D ONNA BERNSTEIN
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Flirt (Triptych) Mixed Media, 66” X 22” each panel 2010
D ONNA LEE STEFFENS
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This Comes From Within Mixed Media on Plexiglas, 10” X 8” 2010
D UNIA GATICA
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E DUARDO CHIRINO
Talavera Digital Print 1/3, 30” x 20” 2010
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Cyclical Nature of Time Ceramic Installation, 7’ x 2’ 2010
E DURNE ESPONDA
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E LAINE LAURENO EVANS
Cubo Oil on Wood, 11” x 11” x 11” 2010
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Sending You Peace Mixed media, 20.5” X 7 1/3” X 20 1/4” 2009
E MILIO H. RODRIGUEZ
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Rhapsody II Acrylic on canvas, 24” X 30” 2009
E STRELLA ARENAS
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El Sillon Oil on canvas, 23” x 33” 2008
E VANGELINA DIEGO
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Untitled Mixed media on paper, 22” x 30” 2010
F ABIO MESA
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Marchas En Paz Oil on canvas, 53” x 32” 2008
F ELIPE HERRERA
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G ISELA SAVDIE
Latido Series Cajas Obsesvas Mixed media, 24” x 21.5” x 4” 2009
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El Dorado II Digital photograph, 24” X 30” 2010
G LENNYS MARIE CASTRO
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Grandma’s Closet III Sharpie paint on black paper, 12” X 18” 2009
H ANS RASCH
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Halation 3 Linolium cut print with Chine Colle, 10” x 14” 2010
H ILSE POLETTI-MARTIN
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Cabra Roja y Josefita Acrylic on canvas, 40” X 30” 2009
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NGRID ELIASSON
She weaves at night... Installation, 94” X 75” 2009
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NGRID POCH
Ciudades Paper, 19.6” X 19.6” 2009
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RENA GAPKOVSKA
Temptation Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 16” 2010
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J ENNIFER BASILE
SABEL BRINCK
Miracles Oil on canvas, Dimensions Variable 2008
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Untitled 4 (the Mangrove series) Woodcut, 9” x 12” 2010
J ENNYFER TOPLAK GONZALEZ
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Crying for Help Oil on linen, 36” X 60” 2009
J OHANNA MONSERRATTE
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Balance Acrylic and watercolor on plaster basin, 16” diameter, 5” depth, 2009
J OHN M. CARPENTER
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J ORGE MOEDANO
Talvez otro dia otro tiempo Oil in canvas, 9” X 12” 2010
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Ajusco VII Acrylic on canvas, 63” x 47” 2010
J OSAFAT MIRANDA
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Monk de Tour Mixed media on cardboard, 40” X 30” 2010
J OSE ACOSTA
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Victory Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 42” x 2” 2009
J OSE PACHECO SILVA
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Burnt Book Found book. Harvard Press Burned and Fixed Plexiglass Case, 12”x 10”, 2010
J UAN CARLOS ZALDIVAR
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Element of light #1 Silent Video in Lacquered Wood Pedestal 10.5” x 10.5” x 42”, 2010
K AREN STAROSTA-GILINNSKI
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Dinosaurs: Your Toys Series Mixed objects, acrylic, and epoxy on canvas 20” x 20”, 2008
K IM YANTIS
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Shock 2010 Dyed silk, collage, and stitching on canvas 20” x 20”, 2010
K UTI MARTINEZ
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L AURA VILLARREAL
En El Trajin (1/3) B&W Digital Print on aluminum 13.7” X 19.6”, 2007
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Desigualdad Mixed media on canvas, 50” X 50” 2010
L ENI IBARGUENGOYTIA
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Immersion IV Diptych Mixed media on arches paper, 92” x 53” 2008
L IZZIE HUNTER
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Rohan Mixed Media on paper, 60” x 23” 2009
L ORENA RODRIGUEZ
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Bicentenario de la Independencia Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 31” 2010
L UZ MARIA CHARLITA
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Green Water Cooper, Wire ,Crimps, and Acrylic, 35.25” x 60” 2010
L UZMA RAMIREZ
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M ANUEL RODRIGUEZ
Global Communications Mixed media on canvas, 36” x 48” 2008
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Composicion Oil on canvas, 60” x 52” 2010
M ARCIA RAMOS-PERELLO
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Latin Dream Mixed Media on canvas, 30” x 30” 2008
M ARGARITA CHACON
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Peso Revolucionario Collage(monotype, bills), 31” x 37” 2010
M ARIANA ALTAMIRANO
M ARIA T. ASON
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Blue Combo leave Digital printing methalic paper, 18” x 13” 2009
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Frida #20 “Thinking of you” Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20” 2008
M ARISABEL BAZAN
MARILYN LIEDMAN
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Snowy Refuge Watercolor, 20” x 30 2008
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It’s sooo Chanel Mixed media on canvas, 24” x 30” 2010
M AXINE SPECTOR
M ARY LARSEN
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Silver of a Memory Mixed Media on canvas, 35” x 37” 2006
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Fire Hydrant 3 Oil on wood, 40” x 30” 2008
M ONIQUE DIAZ
M IRIAM LIBHABER
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Monumento a la Revolucion Monoprint engraving, 35” x 43” 2009
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Synthetic Euphoria Prisma Marker, Ink, and Watercolor Drawing 4” x 7” (Frame 16” x 20”), 2008
N AHILA CAMPOS
M UniEK
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Sobre Roca Melancolica Mixed media on canvas, 47” x 39” 2008
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Servir al mundo Mixed Media, 22” x 18” x 18” 2010
N ATALIA REPARAZ
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Lavender Beanie Clay head and crocheted beanie, wool & cotton 12” x 12” x 44”, 2010
N ICOLE ALMAZAN
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Independencia Digital print, 15” x 22” 2010
N ORIKO KURESUMI
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O CTAVIO CUELLAR
Sea of Memory Porcelain, 13 x 13 x 9 2010
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Allegro ma non troppo Embossing and welding, 37” x 14” x 19” 2010
O LGA SUAREZ
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P ATTI LAYLLE
Feelings Oil on Canvas, 33” x 44” 2010
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Chaotic Patterns Series II C Print negative 1-3, 30” x 40” 2010
P ATRICIA MONTAUDON
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P ATRICIA SCHNALL GUTIERREZ
The boy and the top Mixed media, 24” x 36” 2010
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Folded, Tied, Knotted and Stacked-The Package Project, 42” x 47.5” 2010
P ETER HAMMER
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R AFAEL LOPEZ RAMOS
Victorious Mixed media on canvas, 60” x 60” 2010
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Inter-section Latex & acrylic on canvas, 20” x 24” 2009
R EGINA JESTROW
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Madagascan Inl, guache, acrylic on panel, 16” x 20” 2010
R OCIO GRANADOS
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Around the World Mixed media on wood, 24” x 24” 2008
R OCIO KLAPES
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S ARA WAISBURD
Estación Cuencamé Mixed Media on canvas, 31” x 31.5” 2009
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Tricolor Monotype, 17” x 17’ 2009
S TERLING ROOK
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S TUART BAZERMAN
Relief 1 Mixed media on canvas, 36” x 36” 2009
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Dock Photograph, 40” x 55.8” 2010
T INA SALVESEN
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T ITA MILLAN
Shakti Rising Charcoal on paper, 68” x 40” 2010
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Abstracto Mixed media on cardboard, 40” x 40” 2010
T OA CASTELLANOS
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Intimacies II Acrylic on canvas with lace, 20” x 20” 2010
V ICTOR GOMEZ
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Abstraction Monoprint, 22” x 22” 2010
Y ASMIN KHALAF
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Journey on Sleepless Road Oil on canvas, 48” x 36” 2010