Baruj Salinas - Cloud Totem

    ARTIST     BARUJ SALINAS Title Cloud Totem Work Date 1983 Category Mixed Media Materials Watercolor, gouache, pastel, charcoal and graphite on archival paper Size h: 19.5 x w: 26 in / h: 49 x w: 65 cm Region Cuban Style Contemporary Price* $2.900. We offer competitive pricing, please inquire. Gallery Ph.323-744-7550     Description This is an excellent example of original Salinas work on paper, that is from the early 80's. Work from this period is sought after, and considered some of his best work, with an abstract expressionist quality. This painting is stunning.  Salinas was deeply influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, and his mentor Joan Miro, who he studied with for years, in Barcelona. Salinas is quoted as saying: "Because of my connection and collaboration with poets and writers such as María Zambrano, José Angel Valente, Pere Gimferrer, and Michel Butor, I developed a concept of the language of the clouds. This consisted basically of a