April 17, 2024
Eleodoro Garcia - Bark Paintings Indigenous Mexican Art
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The Nahua Indians of Guerrero, Mexico use paint on b ark paper, or papel amate, which is produced by hand in the state of Puebla by Otomi Indians using bark from the mulberry or fig trees. The mulberry tree creates off-white paper, while the fig tree creates much darker paper. The bark is washed, boiled, and laid in lines on a wooden board. The fibers are then beaten with a stone until they fuse together. The paper finds its way to the Nahua Indians of southern Mexico who have excelled for several generations at painting bright village and wildlife scenes on the hand-made paper.Eleodoro Garcia is the artist of this piece of bark paper. The dimensions are 15 x 22.5 inches. It comes unframed, if you want.The village life here depicted is very puzzling. Look closely and you'll see what I mean.!
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