Virgencita Precoz

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Michael Walker</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="821" 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><bR> <div> <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Virreinal"><U><IMG SRC="4dea8240.jpg" border=0 width="424" height="548" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></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="298" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="292"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="292" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 418 WIDTH="292"><div> Once, a number of years ago, I began sketching interpretations of the intricately embroidered capes, or mantles, of the Virgin, as she was painted or sculpted by Latin American Viceregal artists.</div> <bR> <div> As I did so, the mantles grew ever larger, pretty much engulfing the wee woman inside, and feeling somewhat like a helmut and armor.</div> <bR> <div> So the idea occurred to give her the face of a young girl - in this instance a child I met and photographed some dozen years ago, in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca.</div> <bR> <div> I kept the surface treatment soft and rather more lightly sketched than is usual for me, to give the feeling of a chromolithograph. </div> <bR> <div> I especially love the idea of her needing to stand on a little footstool to prevent the cape to drag on the ground....</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="292"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="292" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></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= 124 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="124" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="364" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="350"><div> Virgencita Precoz</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 52 ><NOBR><div> by J Michael Walker, 2010</div> <div> Color pencil on paper, 50" high x 38" wide</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="124" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="311"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="124" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="311" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="124" 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>