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[Domingo Garcia Criado]

[Emilio Gonzalez Morales]

[Diego Isaias Hernandez]

[Jose Antonio Gonzalez Escobar]

[Juan Fermin Gonzalez Morales]

[Julian Coche Mendoza]

[Mariano Gonzalez Chavajay]

[Mario Gonzalez Chavajay]

[Matias Gonzalez Chavajay]

[Paula Nicho Cumez]

[Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay]

[Vicenta Puzul de Gonzalez]

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Mario Gonzalez Chavajay works exclusively with Arte Maya Tz'utuhil. Mario González is one of Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay’s two young brothers who paint. Unlike most Tz’utuhil artists coming out of one family, Mario did not learn from his brother Pedro Rafael. He learned the hard way by painting mainly on his own. For years he painted tourist work for Salvador Reanda’s gallery in Santiago Atitlán. Mario rose to the challenge by doing two paintings a day. His sense of color and ability to apply paint made him the most saleable of all the artists, who painted for the tourist art galleries. In 2000 Mario stopped working for the tourist market and began exclusively painting original themes. His painting soon changed from the typical tourist work to paintings set in lush tropical forests depicting the traditional Maya way of life. Mario is probably the hardest working of all the Tz’utuhil artists and certainly among the most promising emerging artists.

Mario Gonzalez Chavajay trabaja exclusivamente con Arte Maya Tz'utuhil. Mario González es uno de los dos hermanos menores de Pedro González Chavajay que pintan. A diferencia de la mayoría de artistas tz’utujiles que provienen de la misma familia, Mario no aprendió de su famoso hermano Pedro Rafael, sino que siguió el duro camino de ser autodidacta. Durante años hizo pinturas de orientación turística para la galería de Salvador Reanda en Santiago Atitlán. Mario estuvo a la altura del desafío, pintando dos cuadros diarios hasta que su sentido del color y la habilidad de pintar le hicieron el artista mejor mercadeado de todos los que pintaban para las galerías de arte turísticas. En el 2000 Mario dejó de trabajar para el mercado turístico y empezó a pintar exclusivamente temas originales. Sus pinturas pronto cambiaron de ser el típico trabajo turístico a pintura basada en lujuriosos bosques tropicales que demuestra la forma tradicional de vida de los Mayas. Mario probablemente es el más arduo trabajador de todos los pintores tz’utuhiles y por supuesto entre los más prometedores artistas emergentes.

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Very Small Paintings (most are 11" x 9")

Curación Maya [Maya Healing] 12" x 11" $150	Curandero de Hueso [Bonesetter] 11" x 9" $125	Bananos 11" x 9" $125
Small Paintings (most are 15" x 13")

Después de Stan [After Hurricane Stan] 15" x 13" $160	Descanso de Cazadores [Hunters Resting] 15" x 13" $200	Purificación, Religion Maya [Maya Purification] 15" x 10" $200

Cocina Maya [Maya Kitchen] 13" x 15" $200	Traida de Agua [Bringing of Water] 13" x 15" $200	Curandero [Healer] 13" x 15" $200
Medium Paintings (most are 16" x 20")

Pitallas 16" x 20" $300	Madres Solteras [Single Mothers] 16" x 20" $300

Ajmaak [Maya Day Name] 16" x 20" $300	Sin Hogar Propio [Without Their Own Place] 16" x 20" $300	Comadrona [Midwife] 16" x 20" $300	Guardianes de Ecologia [Ecological Guardians] 18" x 22" $300

Sacerdotes Mayas [Maya Priests] 20" x 16" $300	Día Gracia [Day of Giving Thanks] 20" x 16" $300	Leña [Fire wood] 20" x 16" $300	Acción de Gracias por los Hijos [Giving Thanks for the Children] 18" x 15" $250
Medium-Large Paintings (most are 20" x 24")

Zanación Maya [Maya healing] 20" x 24" $400	Ajmaaki, Día de Pedir Perdon [Ajmaaki, the day to ask forgiveness] 20" x 24" $400	Curandero de Hueso [Bone Setter] 20" x 24" $400	El Peligro que Cruza el Migrante [The Danger that Faces the Immigrant] 20" x 24" $400

Pequeño Descanso [A Little Rest] 20" x 24" $400	Acto Ceremonial antes de Cazar Animales [Ritual before the Hunt] 24" x 20" $400	Cofradía de Maximón [Brotherhood of Maximón] 30" x 19" $475	Trascendencia Maya (Maya Transcendental Experience) 26" x 20" $425
Large Paintings
PAINTINGS SOLD

Al Mercado [Off to the Market] 20" x 24" SOLD	La Hija del Rey Quiche [The Daughter of the Kiche King] 12" x 10" SOLD	Oración y Veneración al Lago de Atitlán [Rituals for Lake Atitlán] 16" x 20" SOLD	A Venta [Off to Sell] 11" x 9" $125

Ceremonia Maya [Maya Ceremony] 15" x 13" SOLD	Migrantes [Migrants] 13" x 15" SOLD	Baptismo Maya [Maya Baptism] 20" x 21" $350	Bananas 16" x 20" SOLD