peruvian art
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The Myth of the Pink Dolphin
For this oil painting on canvas, I focused on a well-known myth from the Amazon rainforest: the pink river dolphin. The painting depicts a man sitting on a rock that emerges from the riverbed, using it as a natural throne; beside him appears a pink dolphin offering him a fish as a gift. That man…
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The love pact between the nymph and the faun – Charcoal drawing – Mythological illustration.
This artwork depicts a nymph making a pact of love with a faun, and she presents him with a magical orb as a symbol of love. A large wild boar can be seen witnessing the scene. The atmosphere surrounding the figures is twilight-like and dreamlike. This piece was created using the traditional dry technique of…
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The Capybara Nymph. The Amazonian Naiad. Peruvian Mythology.
This is another large-scale personal work in oil on canvas. It depicts a nymph—in this case, an Amazonian naiad—resting on the grass and on a rock. Several capybaras are shown surrounding the Naiad as if to protect her from predators; in return, she gathers fruit from the trees to feed them. In the background, dense…
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The nymph and the faun
This is the final oil-on-canvas version of the work “The Nymph and the Faun,” which I have been creating and exploring in various formats and techniques. It depicts a faun encountering a nymph on a mountain. Next to the nymph, a fawn is resting, and behind her lies the skull of a faun. Could the…
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The seduction trap. The Mermaid.
The painting, in symbolist style, shows a mermaid with red hair. From the navel to the head she has a female body, and has the tail of a fish. She is looking towards the horizon where some cliffs can be seen. Next to the mermaid are shown pearls and a giant shell where iridescent colors…
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The woman with the umbrella. Contemporary Impressionism.
The painting is in impressionist style and shows a Peruvian woman dressed in white, carrying a red umbrella. She is posing on the shore of a beach. It is not a sunny day, as you can see the mist in the background near the rocks, but it is a wonderful day. She looks seriously to…
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Man with a blue scarf
The impressionist style painting shows a Peruvian man dressed in a green sweater and a blue scarf. He is seated next to a table with a beer on it. He is in a bar alone. The light is coming from the left side, which emphasizes his facial features. He is looking seriously forward with his…
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Painting of a red wheelbarrow. Realistic landscape. Realistic painting of a eucalyptus tree.
Impressionist style painting, painted live. A beautiful, colorful eucalyptus tree trunk and a red wheelbarrow were chosen to contrast with the green environment. It feels a loneliness but at the same time the footprint of man. I wanted to mark the brushstrokes that guided me the bark of the tree, accompanying them with color. The…
Luis Paredes 