Still-life with Parrot

<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. 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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> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="841" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 595 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="595" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="33243d40.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="468" ALT="bodegon num. 1, or still-life with parrot, drawing by Los Angeles artist J Michael Walker" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="305" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="299"><div> Bodegón núm. 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 ><NOBR><div> by J Michael Walker, 2003</div> <div> Color pencil on paper, 28" high x 19" wide</div> <div> Private collection</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="595" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="423" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 192 WIDTH="417"><div> This drawing - my first still-life - was commissioned for the cover of <A HREF="http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9194.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9194."><U><U>Encarnación's Kitchen: Mexican Recipes from Nineteenth-Century California</U></U></A>, a collection of recipes of Encarnación Pinedo, translated and edited by my good friend Dan Strehl. Encarnación Pinedo appears to be the first Latina to have published a book in California, as well as one of the first women authors of the state. This book, then, is an important example not only of the varied and accomplished cuisine of Mexican California, but also a historically significant stance of cultural defiance against the dominant culture then sweeping the land.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 164 WIDTH="417"><div> My inspiration was the magnificent work of 19th century painter Agustin Arrieta, Mexico's consummate painter of still-lifes. Arrieta would often place birds, or even cats, into his compositions; so I happily worked Dan's parrot Abique, into the piece.</div> <bR> <div> It was also a joy to go shopping for fruits, vegetables, and tamales to arrange; the pottery is from our kitchen.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="417"><div> <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Encarnaci%C3%B3ns-Kitchen-Mexican-Nineteenth-Century-California/dp/0520236513" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/Encarnaci%C3%B3ns-"><U>Link to the book on Amazon</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="417"><div> <A HREF="http://www.museoblaisten.com/english.asp?myURL=%2F02asp%2FEnglish%2FartistDetailEnglish%2Easp&myVars=artistId%3D40" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.museoblaisten.com/english.asp"><U>Link to the work of Agustin Arrieta</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="595" 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> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>