The Medicine Woman painting series
Medicine Woman *DJ20241030 106 X 81 cm (42 X 32 inches) Mixed media / Canvas 2024 Artwork acquired by The Mexican Tax Administration Service MX Catalog: 0007_2024 MN The Medicine Woman painting series begins with a personal fascination with the face of my friend Alejandra, a gifted artist and photographer from my hometown of Morelia, Mexico. The series blends elements of street art with surrealism, Art Nouveau, portraiture, and figurative imagery. Each portrait is rendered in sepia tones, while hypothetical icons embedded in the compositions evoke both real and imagined memories. Situated between biography and mass-produced imagery, the project examines how the figure of “the subject” is constructed and how identity is mediated through memory, repetition, and visual language. A medicine woman is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves Indigenous communities of the Americas. Each culture has its own name, in its own language, for spiritual healers and ce...