6th Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibit

6th Annual Día de los muertos Exhibit and Celebration at Cactus Gallery
Show runs October 9 - November 7, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9th * 7p-10p

Come check out one of my favorite annual shows this weekend! I have two new finished pieces and a selection of framed sketches available for sale!

Email semastroianni70@yahoo.com for purchasing details!

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Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd. It is a time to remember deceased loved ones and honor them. Day of the Dead is a festive and colorful occasion; a time to celebrate life!

The belief behind Day of the Dead practices is that spirits return to the Earth for one day of the year to be with their families. The spirits are greeted with offerings of food and things that the person enjoyed in life. These are laid out on altars in the family home. It is believed that the spirits consume the essence and the aroma of the foods that are offered.

The exhibition this year includes over 40 artists who have created original acrylic. oil and watercolor paintings, assemblage, paper mache, etching, sculpture, mosaic, printmaking and mixed media works on canvas and wood.

The reception for our 6th Annual Dia de los muertos exhibit and celebration coincides with our area's artwalk. NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA). We are dedicated to increase the visibility of the thriving arts community in the area.

Click here for a map: www.nelaart.com

Cactus Gallery and Gifts
4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock, California 90041

323.256.6117

www.eclecticcactus.com
www.cactusgallery.blogspot.com
Email: semastroianni70@yahoo.com

Another Skeleton Pin-Up

"October"

Here's one of my pieces from the Girls Drawin Girls Meltdown show! It's my piece for October for the GDG Art Calendar (on sale here!) You can see the original painting (also for sale!) up at Meltdown Gallery through the end of August.

I've also made this beauty into a magnet on zazzle if you're so inclined to have her on your fridge as well as your wall!

Day of the Dead pin-up, Part II

Day of the Dead pin-up

For my GDG Calendar... just some studies! Maybe instead of a Halloween themed girl, a Day of the Dead themed girl? (i.e. a pinup calaca ?)

Ay chihuahua!

Was inspired by this cute little statuette I got of a black chihuahua last year in Tijuana when Damon and I went down to the San Diego Comic-Con... looking forward to going again to Comic-Con this year! : D (and maybe another trip south of the border!)