Marisol

CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA

WENDY GAUNTLETT-SHAW – ARTIST

18”x36” Oil on Canvas

Original: SOLD

Fine Art Giclee Reproduction: $700

(On Canvas, Stretched and Gallery wrapped,
ready to hang)

10% Donated for micro loans to women

My series of “Relevant Women” paintings from around the world began with this Colombian Fruit Lady. The day was the usual hot, steamy and sticky weather of the Caribbean in Cartagena. This luscious fruit seller gave me a great pose, offering the sweet juices of her ripe, exotic fruit. She was enjoying this moment on life’s stage. She lowered her shoulder and gave me a playful smile as if to say, “Yes, remember me”. Her smile beckoned me to paint her and with the encouragement of my daughter, Alina, I did. I love her playful gaze. She brings me such joy and inspiration.

I want the viewer to search out the face in the shadows and enjoy the bowl full of tropical fruit. Taste it. Smell it. Feel the heat. Enjoy the cool of the shade with patches of filtered sun.

Marisol, yes, this name fits her. She lives by the sea: Mar, and shines like the sun: Sol. Marisol, I have not forgotten you.