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women's v-neck t-shirts halloween women's v-neck t-shirts skeleton women's v-neck t-shirts danza macabra women's v-neck t-shirts danza de la muerte women's v-neck t-shirts danse macabre women's v-neck t-shirts dance macabre women's v-neck t-shirts totentanz women's v-neck t-shirts memento mori women's v-neck t-shirts calaca women's v-neck t-shirts muerto women's v-neck t-shirts calavera women's v-neck t-shirts mosquito women's v-neck t-shirts malaria women's v-neck t-shirts comet women's v-neck t-shirts moctezuma women's v-neck t-shirts

paintings halloween paintings skeleton paintings danza macabra paintings danza de la muerte paintings danse macabre paintings dance macabre paintings totentanz paintings memento mori paintings calaca paintings muerto paintings calavera paintings mosquito paintings malaria paintings comet paintings moctezuma paintings

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Commemorating the arrival in the Americas of malaria and other diseases that led to the deaths of perhaps 95% of the indigenous population of the two continents. Here in the infamous moment of their meeting, Moctezuma and Cortes are drawn into the fatal dance. The comet was one of eight evil omens foretelling the conquest by the Europeans, as recorded in the Codex Duran.

Texas born and raised, daughter of informally trained artists and craftspeople, I draw inspiration from folk traditions, especially from the arts of the Mexican Dias de los Muertos, the European Danse Macabre, the Haitian Vodou banner, and the Colonial American needleworker. The paintings and papercuts of my DANZA MACABRA dramatize the reality of death as a part of life that we must embrace if we are to live with our whole hearts. They propose an attitude of radical acceptance--with gusto. Each piece centers on a dance, modern or traditional. Some are papercuts; most are paintings in acrylic on canvas. The paintings and beadworks of the MAGIC CATS hint at the mysteries of animism, in which all nature is known to be imbued with...