paintings

Capturing a day in the Chinchero market, known for its variety of foods, textiles and natural dyes, this original painting almost makes you feel like you are there. Acclaimed Peruvian artist Julio Cuyro Ccahua works in watercolours on paper to render the appealing scene.

Angel del Palacio illustrates an everyday Oaxacan scene of a woman selling traditional handmade shawls at a market. For this detailed portrait, he mixes crayons and colored pencils on paper and adds his signature on the bottom right corner.The composition is matted, mounted on a pinewood stretcher and covered with a protective pane of glass.

Titled "Vendedora de lana" in Spanish.

This large, original acrylic on canvas painting is the work of Benjamin Sebi Amenortey. A seemingly infinite number of women with overloaded baskets crowd the marketplace, seeking to sell their wares and acquire the day's necessities. The artist chooses a bright color palette and loose, expressive brushwork to render the scene.

Designed and crafted by Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah, this artwork from Ghana depicts a trio of African women. One sits on a tray, one carries a tray full of foodstuffs, and the third carries an empty tray, her child slung over her back. The artist achieves this folk art composition using a variety of techniques. He utilizes the batik method to decorate several bits of cotton cloth, using a combination of colorful dyes with a wax resist. He then hand-cuts the designs into the artwork, replacing the cut-out portions with the colorful cloth that suggests the image of the women. This stunning piece of home decor arrives in a redwood frame.

Neighbors go about their daily shores in a small Guatemalan village. Carrying a hoe over his shoulder, a man walks homeward past women drawing water from the well and a boy who feeds the chickens and turkey. An older woman kneels beneath a shade tree to weave on a backstrap loom. "This is a scene I saw in my own hometown," says artist Bonifacio Maxia Cutzal, who signs his work as "Boni." "I was on my way home from delivering some paintings when I paused to watch this family at work, and I wanted to share a glimpse of my country."

Titled "Tejedora" in Spanish.