Ovalle's Gallery
Artist's Bio - Hugo Ovalle was born in the town of Cusco in 1966. He became involved in the arts at an early age and was schooled at a local art university, Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes (Superior School of Fine Arts). Ovalle's style is unique in that he works with a broad palette of colors to convey rich emotion and form through minimal complexity... more
Composion Paz
Dimensions: 11.5” x 14” | Price (unframed): $450.00
Artist's Description - Composition Pas shows five "Mestizas", local women, asleep after being hard at work all day. The bodies are huddled together, showing unity, at sunset, signifying the end of a long day. The bodies are framed by the sun, which is revered and worshiped in local Incan culture. In the background are "tombes", large clay pots, which the "Mestizas" have filled with the year's harvest.
On display at Think Gallery in New York, NY. See Events Page.
Tres Mestizas
Dimensions: 12” x 10” | Price (unframed): $375.00
Artist's Description - This painting depicts three Mestizas, a term used to describe local women, who are typically dressed in Peruvian garb specific to the Cusco area, including traditional "mantos" (cloaks) and "sombreros" hats. The image takes place during "cosecha", a term that describes the harvest and post-harvest activities, such as cleaning, sorting and packaging the fruits and vegetables picked on the farm. The women on the left and right are putting maize in "tombes", large clay pots, which are used to ferment the maize into a local alcoholic beverage called Cha Cha. The women in the middle is playing a "quena", a local flute-like instrument.
On display at Think Gallery in New York, NY. See Events Page.
Paz y Naturaleza
Dimensions: 14” x 20” | Price (unframed): $375.00 SOLD!
Artist's Description - This painting is set in Chincheros, Peru, a small province outside of Cusco. The muted colors and scenic landscape are meant to convey peace and tranquility post harvest time. In the center of the composition are "tomes", large clay pots, which are used to ferment the maize into a local alcoholic beverage called "cha cha." These "tomes" are typically buried in the sand as it insulates them from the environment creating the right conditions for fermentation.
Margarita
Dimensions: 15.5” x 18.5” | Price (unframed): $475.00
Artist's Description - Margarita's figure is meant to dominate this painting making the landscape seem small in comparison through perspective and color. Each layer of depth is characterized by a different type of shape - the flowing blues in the sky, jagged ripples in the mountains, rounded tan slices of the ground, and simplified, but realistic flowers and leaves in the foreground. Most importantly, the natural contours of the outline of Margarita's body contrast the geometric edges that make up her body. Peace, beauty, and nature come together here in this masterpiece of shapes and color.
On display at Prince St. Cafe in New York, NY. See Events Page.
Composicion Desnuda
Dimensions: 15.5” x 20” | Price (unframed): $475.00 SOLD!
Artist's Description - Typical of Ovalle's style is to place figures of the foreground of scenic landscapes which "make the figures large than life, and shows the juxtaposition of beauty and nature". The round sun and flowing landscape stand out in the sharp edges of the geometric sky, which are meant to match the sharp geometric forms that make up the body.
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