la  Virgen  de  Guadalupe
For me, Mexico and the spiritual realm are forever entwined. Similarly, whenever I invoke the Divine, I instinctively portray a woman.  Perhaps then, it is only natural that I should fall under the spell - along with tens of millions of other devotees - of the Virgin of Guadalupe, whom I portray as a real Mexican woman of Indian descent, going about the myriad tasks by which women hold the world together.

(Icon of the Indian Virgin)

Guadalupe and Don Cesar

(Heavenly Mother)

(Letter from Her Son)

(Midafternoon at Her Embroidery)

(The Infant Virgin of Guadalupe)

(Ironing, Thinking)

(Getting Ready)


Images and text copyright 2012 by J Michael Walker.