The Infant Guadalupe in the Arms of San Joaquin

<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="776" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="484" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3604ddb0.jpg" border=0 width="333" height="475" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="484" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="352" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="346"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="42" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="346" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 81 WIDTH="346"><div> . A number of the drawings in my series "The Daily Life of the Virgin of Guadalupe" have been inspired by photographs I've taken of family back home in Mexico over the years.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="346"><div> Here, what caught my eye was a photo I took years ago, when our niece <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portrait of Xitlaly"><U>Xitlaly</U></A> was a baby, held in the arms of my father-in-law Don Carlos. I was enchanted by the light, by the tenderness of her grandfather's touch, and by the serious expression in her face.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="346"><div> It occurred to me as I drew this piece that, although there are plentiful traditional depictions of the Virgin Mary with her mother, Saint Anne, I can't think of a single one of her with her father, Saint Joachim....</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="346"><div> Here, then, is the infant Guadalupe, held in the arms of her father San Joaquin.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="484" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 141 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="141" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="329" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="315"><div> The Infant Guadalupe in the Arms of San Joaquin</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 ><NOBR><div> by J Michael Walker, 1995</div> <div> Color pencil on paper, 28" high x 20" 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="141" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portrait of Xitlaly"><U>Link to one of my drawings of an older Xitlaly</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="141" 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>