Mexico

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Michael Walker</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="822"><div> <IMG SRC="2cfbc020.png" border=0 width="444" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="822"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#444444" FACE="Times New Roman" >"</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#999980" FACE="Poor Richard" ><I><B>S</B></I></FONT>ome thirty-four years ago, in June 1974, an unlikely convergence of good fortune and divine providence dropped me out of the Oklahoma skies and into a remote village in the Sierra Tarahumara of northern México, where I was spiritually and culturally transformed by the light, the landscape, the languages and the people. México was indelibly imprinted in my heart and seeps into everything I create<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#444444" FACE="Times New Roman" >"</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2004 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="809" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 213 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="213" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stilllife with Parrot"><U><IMG SRC="2eff9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="213" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 55 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stilllife with Parrot"><U>Bodegón núm. 1</U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#996666" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996666" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" >(Still-Life with Parrot)</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 120 WIDTH="238"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="120" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="238" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="213" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 215 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="215" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day of the Dead"><U><IMG SRC="2ddf9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="215" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 182 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day of the Dead"><U>Solo Vinimos a Dormir, Solo Vinimos a Soñar</U></A></div> <div> (We Only Come to Sleep, We Only Come to Dream)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="215" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 214 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="214" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wedding Waltz"><U><IMG SRC="2f6f9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="214" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wedding Waltz"><U>Wedding Waltz</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 150 WIDTH="238"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="150" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="238" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="214" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 211 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="zan_ca_tlauhquechol.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zan Ca Tlauhquechol"><U><IMG SRC="2f3f9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALT="Detail of Zan Ca Tlauhquechol, Portrait of the Mexican masked wrestler Marcara Rojo, by J Michael Walker" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="zan_ca_tlauhquechol.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zan Ca Tlauhquechol"><U>Zan Ca Tlauhquechol</U></A></div> <div> (Portrait of Red Mask - Mascara Roja)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="238"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="238" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 211 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Retrato de la Doncella Guadalupe"><U><IMG SRC="2f5f9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Retrato de la Doncella Guadalupe"><U>Retrato de la Doncella Guadalupe Covarrubias</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 61 WIDTH="238"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="61" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="238" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 211 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arreglandose (Getting Ready)"><U><IMG SRC="2f9f9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arreglandose (Getting Ready)"><U>Arreglandose </U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996666" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" >(Getting Ready)</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 WIDTH="238"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="126" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="238" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 211 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alejandra"><U><IMG SRC="2faf9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alejandra"><U>Alejandra en Acatepec</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 121 WIDTH="238"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="121" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="238" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 221 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="221" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Retablo de la Virgen Indigena"><U><IMG SRC="2f8f9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="221" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="250" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 188 WIDTH="238"><div> <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Retablo de la Virgen Indigena"><U>Retablo de la Virgen Indigena</U></A></div> <div> (Icon of the Indian Virgin)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="221" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 211 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="211" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD 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