Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Isla Torturada

 When I was a student at the University of Washington in lovely Seattle, I was going for a double degree. One was in Mathematics (Numerical Analysis) and the other in Art. Both degrees were part of the College of Arts and Sciences - so together they shared a lot of common courses.

Because of the heavy load, I often did art projects which could be used in two separate classes (drawing with sculptural elements, etc.)  In 1980 I did 100 lithographs - mostly fairly small... around 5x7 inches - they all had the island of Cuba as the central focus, and each was an individually hand-colored and done differently - so each one was unique.

I sold most of them at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, and a to one fellow student (the only other Cuban American whom I knew at the UW). She must have bought 20 of them!

Here's one:

Cuba: Isla Torturada, 1980 mixed media by Florencio Lennox Campello
Cuba: Isla Torturada
1980 mixed media monoprint by F. Lennox Campello