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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · 3h

'Nagual', 2021, 43x36, assemblage, acrylic, wood panels, wood, canvas🦋✨️

#painter, #art, #latinxartist, #visionaryart, #contemporaryart, #portrait, #narrativeart # surrealism #assemblage #cultural #heritage #tradition, #hope, #resilience, #resistance, #resist, #exist

'Nagual', 2021, 43x36, assemblage, acrylic, wood panels, wood, canvas
A nagual is folklore from Mesoamerican and Toltec traditions referring to a person who can access spiritual power through transformation, often associated with shapeshifting into an animal form. It represents a dual aspect of human existence, balancing the known self (tonal) with the deeper, limitless self (nagual) for personal and spiritual growth. 🦋✨️🪶

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · 27d

Hello Everyone ✨️
Tomorrow is the reception for my solo exhibition, 'Seeds of Tradition', @richmondartcenter, from 1-3, 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond. I hope to see you there. Thank you for the support. Take care.🪶🙏🏿

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Sep 21

'Pledge Allegiance' 2025, 20x16", acrylic, canvas

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Sep 15

Coming up
My Solo Exhibition, Seeds of Tradition', at Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA.
Opens 9/24
Reception 9/27 , 1-3
Artist Talk 10/11, 12:30🦋🙏🏿✨️
#painter #painting #art #latinxartist #visionaryart #contemporaryart #artist #fineart #narrativeart #soloexhibition #artexhibition #culture #tradition

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Sep 15

Dropped off my work for my upcoming
Solo Exhibition 'Seeds of Tradition' @richmondartcenter
I am very excited and honored, thank you!
Opens 9/24
Reception 9/27 , 1-3
Artist Talk 10/11, 12:30🦋✨️
#painter, #art, #latinxartist #visionaryart #portrait #narrativeart #soloexhibition #artexhibition

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Sep 3

The ledge, 2020, 18x10" acrylic, canvas panels
Part of the homelessness series 🦋🙏🏿
#painter, #painting #art, #latinxartist, #visionaryart, #contemporaryart, #portrait, #narrativeart #politicalart #socialjustice #equity #homelessness #safetynet #tradition, #hope, #resilience #resistance #resist

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 28

'Broken Down', 2020, 14x14", acrylic, canvas
Part of the homelessness series 🦋
#painter #painting #art #artist #latinxartist #visionaryart #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #portrait #narrativeart ##politicalart #equity #socialjustice #homelessness #hope #resilience #resistance #resist

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 27

'Insurmountable', 2020, 48x36, acrylic, wood panel
Part of the homelessness series 🦋
#painter #painting #art #artist #latinxartist #visionaryart #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #portrait #narrativeart ##politicalart #equity #socialjustice #homelessness #hope #resilience #resistance #resist

‘Insurmountable’ is an expression of how homeless individuals may see their situation while at the same time showing how society feels about the situation. Each side's sensibilities are viewing the problem as Insurmountable. Homeless individuals spend most of their time outside, in the harsh elements. To visually exhibit this brutal way of surviving, I decided to meld an individual into the Matterhorn. I chose the Matterhorn because it is a well-known mountain and it is in Switzerland, which some would say is the Banking Nation of the Wealthy. The yellow bowl he is holding represents a sense of hope of want. To amplify this sensibility, I inserted a wish bone inside the bowl. In the distance, on the side of the mountain is a City Skyline, in which silhouetted individuals appear, slowly waiting in a soup line. The work was made right before the Pandemic took grip of the country. The Pandemic and other current social catastrophes have further exposed inequities and a lack of any social safety net, putting more individuals at risk of falling into this insurmountable problem.

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 25

'Weathered', 2020
Objects like people carry the scars of time. Some are more weathered than others..
Part of a homelessness series🙏🏿
#painter #painting #art #artist #latinxartist #visionaryart #contemporaryart #portrait, #narrativeart #equity #society #homelessness #struggle #hope #resilience #resist

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 24

(below an image of Pedro Pascal) “I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” - Pedro Pascal

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 24

Sin Nombre (nameless), 9x12, acrylic, canvas 🦋
#painter, #art, #artist #latinxartist, #visionaryart, #contemporaryart, #politicalart, #portrait, #narrativeart #immigrant #dignity #humanrights #hope #resilience #resistance #resist #abolishice

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 23

Older than America, 2024, 14x14, acrylic, canvas🦋

#painter, #art, #artist #latinxartist, #visionaryart, #contemporaryart, #surreal #narrativeart #culture #cultural #heritage #tradition, #hope, #resilience, #resistance

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you 🙏🏿

Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 18

Dahlia, 2024, 14x14", acrylic wood panel 🦋

#painter, #art, #latinxartist, #visionaryart, #contemporaryart, #surrealism, #portrait, #narrativeart #culture, #cultural #heritage #tradition, #hope, #resilience, #resistance

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 17

'Shadowcatcher' 2018, 40x36" acrylic, canvas
#painter #art #latinxartist #visionaryart #contemporaryart ##abstractart

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yes, it was great!

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Luis @luismayanx.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hi Betty,
Thank you. Yes, I do sell my work. The piece, 'Shepherd', has sold already and is in a private collection. If you are interested in any other pieces, let me know.🙏🏿
Luis