El Tigre - Maya Jaguar Glyph

El Tigre - Mayan Jaguar Glyph
Serti Technique on Silk
 
This silk painting is my interpretation of a Mayan jaguar glyph. I wanted this piece to resemble a stelae or an ancient painted wall in a temple, capturing the essence of their artistry.
   I’ve enjoyed spending time studying Maya art and culture, sketching from temple ruins above the treetops, imagining life as it once was. Their worldview was both vastly different and strikingly similar to ours— the sun rises, the rain falls, a seed sprouts, and life continues.
 
      When recreating ancient glyphs, I fill in the gaps left by time and wear with my imagination, striving to honor the essence of the original artwork. This piece is a fusion of my style and the Maya’s, spanning 3,000 years of artistry. The glyphs at the bottom — sun, monkey, rain, jaguar, night, and earth — are a playful band of symbols, not meant to be read literally but to evoke the spirit of the Maya.
 
My original painting was 20" x 26" hand-painted in the serti technique on silk.
 
 
Technical Details
Printed using a museum-quality giclée process with archival pigmented inks on fine art paper or canvas
With proper care, prints are designed to retain their color and detail for decades
Paper and rolled canvas prints ship in reinforced protective tubes
Stretched canvas prints ship flat
Images shown online are watermarked; your print will arrive without watermarks
Rolled canvas is available for collectors who prefer custom framing or stretching, and for oversized works