La Santa Desconocida

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=131 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="107" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. Michael Walker"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="tableofcontentsforjmichaelwalkerwebsite.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table of Contents and Index"><U><B>Index</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="99"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="27" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="99" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="drawings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drawings by J Michael Walker"><U><B>Drawings</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Women"><U><B>Women</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Virreinal"><U><B>Virreinal</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spirituality"><U><B>Spirituality</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="900" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1023 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="828" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 206 WIDTH="822"><div> <IMG SRC="345f9ca0.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 43 WIDTH="822"><div> La Santa Desconocida</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="822"><div> Drawings by Los Angeles-based artist J. 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> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="825" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 564 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="564" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1d3a82b0.jpg" border=0 width="424" height="555" ALT="La Santa Desconocida, or An Unknown Saint, drawing by Los Angeles artist J Michael Walker" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="564" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="308" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="302"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="42" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="302" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="302"><div> As is pretty obvious by now, I love Virreinal painting; its forms, its palette, its emotions, its depictions of saints, its incorporation of text. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 116 WIDTH="302"><div> A young woman I met in Mexico City - and her eyes, in particular - inspired this piece. It depicts a saint, but not a known one: I have granted her several attributes - a hammer, a fish, and an "angel-wing" begonia - which do not identify any specific saint. She remains anonymous.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 WIDTH="302"><div> I found her eyes entrancing, so I placed a text at the top that relates, in Latin, the opening line of the traditional Mexican ballad, "La Malagueña": </div> <div> "Qué bonitos ojos tienes </div> <div> (What lovely eyes you have."</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="564" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 111 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="111" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="333" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> La Santa Desconocida</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> by J Michael Walker, 1993</div> <div> Color pencil on paper, 50"high x 38"wide</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="111" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="338"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="111" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="338" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="111" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="886"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="886" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>