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The Tree of Knowledge, 2011
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in.
Currently on view at ChimMaya Art's Beverly Project in Los Angeles.

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1492, 2008
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in.
Private Collection, US

Worlds collide, then and now...

1492 is a visual metaphor for the arrival of Columbus’ ships on the shores of an unknown land. The ship’s sails are based on the patterns found on
the underside of the wings on the South American butterfly Blue Morpho. My inspiration for this piece was a cross between the history of the Americas
and psychoanalysis; in Freudian theory, the butterfly symbolizes transformation and change. Here, the ships are rendered as the vectors for this change.

Carl Sagan once said that the discovery of America (and all the destruction that came with it) was inevitable, bound to happen around the time it did.
The Conquest is suggested by this painting as an event driven by natural forces.

The Tower, 2010
Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in.
On view at Artist's Studio

A borrowed memory.

Anima Suspensa: Dream, 2010
Oil on Birch Panel, 20 x 24 in.
On view at Artist's Studio

"Dalí se desdibuja... Tirita su burbuja al descontar latidos..." ~Mecano

Dalís monstrous head from "El Sueño" (in Spanish meaning both "Sleep" and "The Dream") is redeployed as a dilapidated
billboard in the California High Desert. A very personal statement, this painting expresses my impression of Surrealism as a
dream in a state of disrepair.

Idis, 2009
Oil on Canvas, 8 x 10 in.
Private Collection, US

Idis was the name of Lot's wife, who looked back on the destruction of the city that was once her home, and was turned into a pillar of salt.

What is the price one pays for leaving a whole life behind?

Foot Worship, 2008
16 x 20 in.(22 x 26 in. Framed)

The dynamics of pleasure and pain have been the subject of religious art throughout history,
the suffering of the soul incarnate a central tenet of countless faiths. Sublime states can be
reached through the path of torture in the name of love.
To worship the body, bridging the gap between souls via a platform of shared suffering and
joy, is as deep and sublime and interaction as we are capable of, here summarized through
the isolation of an appropriated signifier: the tortured feet of the Pascal Lamb.

The Visionary, 2008
Oil on Birch Panel, 24 x 48 in.
Private Collection, US

The Visionary, 2008 (Detail)
Oil on Birch Panel, 24 x 48 in.
Private Collection, US

Naturaleza Muerta, 2007
Oil on Birch Panel, 20 x 28 in.
Private Collection, US

An Evening at Magritte Bay, 2008
Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.

Invisible Love, 2007
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection, US

Birth of Man, 2002
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in.
On view at Artist's Studio

Comfort Zone, 2007
Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in.
Private Collection, US

I had this dream, that he sat high on a cliff, overlooking an ocean of oil.

Love, Untitled, 2008
Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Private Collection, US

The Burning Tree, 2006
Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
Private Collection, US

Watermark, 2006
Oil on Birch Panel, 24 x 48 in.
Private Collection, US

Portrait of Christopher David Snyder, 2006
In loving memory
Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Private Collection, US

The Blue Cat, 2002
Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 30 in.
Private Collection, Mexico

Madonna, 2002
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in.
Collection of the Artist

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~Angel Villanueva