Claudia Wisdom-Good Mariposa Tears of Fura Digital Media 16 x 20 $275
"My inspiration for this painting started one year ago in Bogota, Colombia touring La Fundación Museo de la Esmeralda . This being my last venture internationally pre-pandemic. I was struck with the beauty of the emeralds and the mariposas (butterflies) that live in the mines. Their unique coloring comes from the calcite precipitation and is not found anywhere else in the world. The blues and violets were exquisite and so complementary with Emerald Green. Tena and Fura were parents of humanity created by Are, the indigenous Muzo god. Tena killed himself over Fura's love for another; and Fura cried for eight days. Every tear was transformed into an emerald. The god Are was so disappointed by the infidelity, he transformed this couple into two rocks, and this is where the largest emerald deposits are found today. My 'Close to Home' has always been my passion for the beauty and culture globally. Whilst not being home as much as a moment, home has been wherever I land, like the mariposa. The Emerald mines as comforting and pleasing in Colombia as my home in Virginia.
Our pandemic has taught me a new true deep love of home. And it is here, as individual as the emeralds and butterflies found in the Coscuez Mines."
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