Sunday, November 1, 2009

Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos (altar)


Today is Dia de los Muertos...in much of South America, though it is celebrated tomorrow in Mexico.

Feliz dia to all our dearly departed!!


Here are photos of the altar we made for my papa, Luis Olivos,
Sergio's abuelo: Julian.
My abuelita: Gerogina.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow it turned out great!

Carlos said...

Claudia, you don't have to publish this... its just a suggestion, but i think if you stained some of your frames a darker color, instead of using the raw pine, it will help this piece look a bit more finished, and the shrine as a whole will be more cohesive.

Claudia Olivos said...

Thanks Marilyn! I hope you can make it to our December opening to see the painting in person!

Carlos, thanks for the comment--actually we do plan to stain the frame, but decided not to do it as we wanted it to be the same as the steps-which we don't plan to stain... we wanted this altar to be utilized in the future--so the painting will stand on it's own (with stained frame) ..and the stand sans stain-to better match our studio trim-and we will use it to place our mini paintings and prints on it. We are slowly trying to transform our studio into more of a gallery/studio space, and less than a studio/teaching space... we look forward to you visiting us in december!