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  The paintings of Lorenzo Gonzalez Chavajay are at the same time the most naive and most modern of all the Tz'utuhil Maya artists. Like Grandma Moses he took up painting late in life, after he retired. Unfortunately, he died just as he had reached the height of his powers as an artist. I had asked him to paint twenty large paintings which I believed would showcase his artistic genius. After only finishing five, he got sick and died in 1996. The last painting he was working on was never finished, but it drives me crazy every time I see it because it would have been one of his two or three best. With the exception of the unfinished painting, his family entrusted me with all of his paintings. I have held on to his paintings since then, not sure of how I wanted to deal with them, knowing there would be no others. Some of the paintings below are among the first paintings he did, paintings were he was learning how to paint and who he was as an artist. I am holding onto about twenty of his best paintings of all sizes, enough to have a show of his work. Hopefully some museum will end up with these paintings. The remainder of his paintings I am offering to the public.

Please note: When Lorenzo painted he often left very little margin for stretching the painting. As a result they need to have special stretchers built (rather than stock stretchers I buy for the other artists) and be very carefully stretched so that important details at the edges are not lost. I don't trust that all commercial framers will be sensitive to Lorenzo's vision, so I am only selling his paintings stretched. About half of the paintings are already stretched, but the others will have to have special stretchers made. This may take a longer time to get this done for his paintings than for the other artists.

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Leñador, Sololá
(Woodcutter, Sololá)
9" x 11"
$200
El Tigre
(The Tiger)
12" x 14"
$250
Una Rama Quiebrando
(A Branch Breaking)
13" x 9"
$250
La Gallina Madre y sus Pollitos
(The Mother Hen and her Chics)
9" x 10"
$300
Atiteca
(Woman from Santiago Atitlán)
12" x 12"
$300
Cortando Café cerca un Volcan
(Picking Coffee near a Volcano)
13" x 11"
$350
Vendedor de Ollas
(Earthenware Vendor)
19" x 13"
$300
Mujer de Santa Cruz
(Woman from Santa Cruz)
15" x 11"
$400
Mujer de Santiago Atitlán
(Woman of Santiago Atitlán)
17" x 14"
$400
Bendición
(Blessing)
15" x 18"
$300
Velas y Pom
(Candles and Incense)
15" x 17"
$400
Bendición de la Cosecha
(Blessing the Harvest)

13" x 17"
$400
Incendio de San Pedro la Laguna
(The San Pedro la Laguna Fire)
24" x 37"
SOLD: 12/12/07
Mercado, Sololá
(The Market at Sololá)
22" x 25"
$1500
Muchachos Peleando
(Boys Fighting)
16" x 16"
SOLD: 12/12/07
 
PAINTINGS ON HOLD
Estandarte
(Staff)
6" x 5.5"
Sale Pending: 05/22/07
Esperando a la orilla
(Waiting on the Shore)
13" x 12"
Sale Pending: 05/22/07
La Fuente
(The Fountain)
15" x 16"
Sale Pending: 05/22/07
Viuda, Sololá
(Widow from Sololá)
12" x 13"
Sale Pending: 05/22/07
Bailando
(Dancing)
14" x 19"
Sale Pending: 05/22/07
Cargando Leña
(Carrying Firewood)
10" x 12"
Sale Pending: 05/22/07
 
 
Enamorados
(Lovers)
12" x 14"
Sale Pending: 10/13/07
Portal
13" x 19"
Sale Pending 10/13/07
 
Hombre Caminando al Mercado con sus Perros
(Man Walking to Market with his Dogs)
15" x 11"
Sale Pending 10/13/07
Lago Atitlán
(Lake Atitlán)
11" x 16"
Sale Pending 10/13/07
La Cofradía
(The Religious Organization)
18" x 13"
Sale Pending 10/13/07
 
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