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“Echoes of Earth” is an abstract art work that delves into the intricate relationship between identity and the natural world. Through a dynamic interplay of colors and images, it invites viewers on a journey of self-discovery intertwined with the rhythms of nature. It challenges us to explore the depths of our identity while recognizing our intrinsic connection to the natural world.

A work in my spontaneous geometric series though a little more planned than some of the others. Of course, eventually planning does come in to play in all works.
This work got its name from a funny thing that occurred in the creation of it. In my quaint, tiny studio I like to think I am not just painting pictures or creating artwork. I am making statements on esthetics in post-modern America, experimenting with space, color and dimensions as we know them and doing my best to leave my creative mark on the important time-line left by the great ones before me and depended on by those who approach the visual arts after me. It is difficult to convey how much the above endeavors actually consumes my very being. Of course while I visit with the muse concerning the tasks before me and my next move on this work… my Grandson saw, and took advantage of, the monster truck road before him. Thus the name.
Yes indeed. Humbled by a two year old.

One might easily see something in a highly defined and particular way. Someone else could just as easily see that same something in an entirely different, highly defined and particular, yet unrelated, way. Can both be correct?

This painting, done on four small canvases, was inspired by the continual craziness and “ins-and-outs” of the year 2020… the year it seemed COVID-19 and responses to it controlled everything. Each canvas is visually connected to the others much like the many crazy aspects of the year 2020 continued to impact other parts of the year. Though painted to be displayed together, each small canvas (representing winter, spring, summer and fall) were composed and signed individually for being displayed (and possibly sold) separately. Whether this work continues to be kept together or each canvas ends up in separate locations is being left completely to chance and uncertainty much like the many aspects of the year for which it is named.

One can rely on another for support… but that one may be relying on another, who may be relying on another, who may be relying on still another. Yet it can all work out.

Hello this piece is an 20×24, Acrylic on Canvas. Titled Born in the Firer of Life. This piece is a reposition of all the ups and downs of life. All so on how we deal with those hard times and come out on top.

Hello this piece is an 20×24, Acrylic on canvas . Titled in the mist of Chaos in short. it gives off the message that in the darkest of times . Or when you’re at your lowest point there is still hope out there.

Hello this piece is a Fun way to pay tribute to IN and Indianapolis. This is an 36×48, Acrylic on Canvas titled Indiana Av.

A work in my spontaneous geometric series.
I’ve always been enthralled with the illusion of depth on paintings and what can be done with it. My desire is to show continual movement with depth.

Paths move in ways that are not supposed to… yet there they go. Is that there correct way after all?

Precision auto detailing work is shown in this 19.5×14 Gouache on illustration board.

This loose watercolor is an original based on a sunrise shining through our spruce row in the back yard. It is 20 X 16” on Arches paper.

This unique original watercolor of the historic Madam Walker Theatre in Indianapolis is 20 X 16 on 300 lb Arches. The building is so much a part of Indiana history, set on the famed Indiana Avenue and named for Madam CJ Walker. It once was the home of her hair and beauty products manufacturing business.

This is a multimedia painting inspired by Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The price includes getting the painting framed by a local framer.

Focusing on sustainably, this piece is created from upcycled cardboard tetrahedrons. Dive deep into our universe as the glowing glitter specs represent the multiple galaxies scattered across space and time.

“Yes, you are” is a painting of the iconic “You are beautiful” sign above a cityscape in Fountain Square. The painting tells a story of empowerment with its subject, strong light, and bold color.

This is a multimedia painting of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with tattoos, holding a cigarette surrounded by skulls.

The price would include getting the painting framed by a local framer.

“Sun on the Monument” is one of a series of paintings I have done of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. In order to tell a story of diversity, I included figures of different backgrounds. “Sun on the Monument” allows for viewers to place themselves into the narrative of the painting. This painting recently won a Merit Award at the 3rd Annual Midwest Juried Exhibit sponsored by the Hamilton County Artists’ Association.

This is a framed acrylic painting of the Champ.

Thank you for the opportunity.

The series Below And Beyond is an experimental abstraction of the images of tree roots made with the cyanotype technique. It is based on my readings around cosmic awareness, coexistence, connection, and taking root, inspired by my nature walks and bodily disconnectedness with family and friends during the first year of the pandemic. They are visual explorations of my aim to be rooted, to understand where my roots are as an immigrant, and how one perceives the concept of roots through nature. Reserving center stage for trees that could be considered carriers of ecological memory and their roots that preserve their consciousness, the series refers to the perpetual cycle and interconnectedness of life, physically and spiritually.
The prints, produced initially as cyanotypes, symbolize the consciousness and memory that emanates from the earth through being connected and interdependent. Roots represent physical connectedness but also past, present, and future connectedness. Images that resemble cells magnified under a microscope represent a close-up look at the connections and network systems that the individual feeds on and the macro view of the planet that we exist on by looking underneath the surface. They remind us that the roots, evoking a sense of belonging, are connected to a shared system, to the constant flow in nature.
You can see the other images from the series on my website https://aslinarin.com/Below-And-Beyond

The print is framed with UV-protected glass and ready to be hung. It is the first edition of 5+ 2AP editions.

We the People was made into a 4 mall mural for the Indianapolis Airport, concourse B. The Circle Center Mall displayed a large vinyl mural on the 2nd floor. It has been seen and loved by millions of people., while in the airport for 1.5 years. This original piece is ready for its final resting place.

This sculpture is part of a series of work for the wall. I made a larger installation in the zionsville town hall. The work in Zionsville is 20 ft wide by 8 ft H by 5″ D. I installed it in 2019
https://townepost.com/indiana/boonecounty/zionsville-town-hall-installs-first-art-sculpture/
If selected I could make a work that would be multi parts depending on the area that would showcase the work.

My work is very durable and constructed with materials that make stylistically unique in the way it bends and weaves through space.
There is a definite intention to bend and shape curvilinear forms that reference fluidity and motion My visual vocabulary includes water, specifically references of waves, wind as in sails, bridges, flight, airplanes, wings and birds. It is my intention to create art that envelopes the physical space in an organic and harmonious way so the space and the art become one. I weave the tapestry of life, a theme that resonates in my work.

Peonies are one of the first flowers to bloom in spring. They overwhelm the senses with their large dense lacy petals and perfumed scent. The flowers, much like youth, appear quickly and are gone quickly. but forever change the landscape they are in.

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This work came from my amor, respeto and orgullo in my mother, Ana. My mother’s side of the familia comes from Cienfuegos, Cuba. During graduate school, I had some die cut stencils made as a means of showing the power of repetition and the impact on the viewer.

“Cienfuegos, Cuba” carries the weight of the isla, historia, su gente, y las familias that are continually working towards common necessities. The repetition and multiplicity create a beauty of the written word which depicts the allure of the isla while illustrating the dilapidation of architecture, lack of current medical needs and the torn relationships of familias who were ripped apart by communist rule.

Every season is for a time. The peonies bloom every spring, transform their landscape, and are gone until the next spring.

This is on 3 seperate canvases.

This artwork reflects the importance and usage of spices by roughly all Cubans. Bay Leaves, a delicious leaf that can enhance any meat based meal with the taste of the Caribbean. Ever since I was a child in the kitchen while my mother was cooking, I would bother her for the bay leaves in the pot. I would suck on the bay leaves enjoying the flavors of the meal and the leaf. Like the way in America, kids would “lick the spoon”.

“La presencia del Laurel” is a work that shows my love of my cultures foods and spices. In Cuban, Laurel translates to “bay leaf”. The physical paint conveys my passion for the taste and the use by many Hispanic peoples. The bed of bay leaves are coated with a polycrylic to seal them in and became a textured surface that the paint markers can illuminate the Caribbean flavor.

Peonies bloom early in spring and quickly drop their petals. For a short time, their beauty is beyond compare.

This artwork is out of my wheelhouse being a three-dimensional sculpture that hangs on the wall. I’ve carried this cigar mold for many years, feeling deep down inside that I would find a time and place for its use.

“Cigarros de la Tierra” is a work that displays my amor for my herencia. The cigar mold depicts the well-known authority that Cuba with being “the best in the world”. The physical paint conveys the Caribbean vida y energia. I’ve used hues to present reflections of the elements that encompasses all of Cuba.