FISH ICONOGRAPHY



I had been using fish a lot when I made hand-painted t-shirts. Soon fish became an important part of the iconography I used in paintings as well. Fish were always represented in profile, and they occupied most of the space. They were always depicted as a stylized fish skeleton, or as a fragmented impressiono.

Most of this work shows the fish surrounded by an environment (see Fish-1) Later on, when I worked with inscriptions, and during the series of cross-paintings, the fish motif appeared here and there.


Fish-1 in environment. This is part of a whole series of fish painted on paper. Oil and media on paper.


White Cross with fish. 1996. Mixed media on paper and rusted wire. 26" x 26"


Fish with Inscriptions. Oil and media on canvas


Fish impression-2 This is an oil monotype on paper


Ernesto working on Fish with Inscriptions

Ernesto working on Fish with Inscriptions


Fish with Inscriptions. Residue and tools from the scratching process used to bring out inscriptions can be seen on the floor.

Posted: Friday - March 14, 2003 at 12:54 PM          

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