Mario Gonzalez Chavajay

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Mario Gonzalez Chavjay 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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NEWLY POSTED PAINTINGS

Cortando Café
[Picking Coffee]
15" x 13"
$200

Pellizcando Café
[Pinching Coffee Berries]
13" x 15"
SOLD: 12/19/2009

El Buen Café
[The Good Coffee]
15" x 13"
$200

El Capataz
[The Foreman]
15" x 13"
$235 (framed)

Meditación Maya
[Maya Spiritual Ceremony]
Three panels each 15" x 13"; Total width: 39"
$600

Veneración a Pascual Abaj
[Venerating the Rock Pascual]
15" x 13"
$200

Solotecos
[People from Sololá]
15" x 13"
$200

Curandero
[Healer]
13" x 15"
$200

Aullentando el Eclipse
[Howling at the eclipse]
13" x 15"
$200

Go loj iik
[Harvesting chile peppers]
20" x 24"
SOLD: 02/17/10

Cosina Maya
[Maya Kitchen]
16" x 20"
$300

Bananos
[Bananas]
20" x 16"
SOLD: 02/17/10

Leña
[Fire wood]
20" x 16"
$250

Agradecodos por la Vida
[Thankful for life]
20" x 16"
$250

Ritos Ancestrales
[Ancestral Rituals]
20" x 16"
$300

Zanación Maya
[Maya healing]
20" x 24"
$400

Ajmaaki, Día de Pedir Perdon
[Ajmaaki, the day to ask forgiveness]
20" x 24"
$400

Hacedores de Paz
[Peace makers]
20" x 24"
$400

Meditación con los Dioses Mayas
[Communing with the Maya gods]
20" x 24"
$400

Eclipse Atitlán
[Eclipse, Santiago Atitlán]
24" x 20"
SOLD: 02/17/10

Día de Pedir Perdon
[Day of asking forgiveness]
26" x 20"
$450

PREVIOUSLY POSTED PAINTINGS

Veduras
[Vegetables]
15" x 13"
$160

Huerfanos de la Violencia
[Orphans of the Violence]
15" x 13"
$160

Después de Stan
[After Hurricane Stan]
15" x 13"
$160

Descanso de Cazadores
[Hunters Resting]
15" x 13"
$200

Bananas
15" x 13"
$200

Curandero
[Healer]
15" x 13"
$200

Agradecimiento a la Cosecha de Maiz [Appreciation for the Harvest of Corn]
15" x 13"
$200

Traida de Agua
[Bringing of Water]
13" x 15"
$200

Huerfanos de Zunil
[Orphans of Zunil]
13" x 15"
$225

Día Gracia
[Day of Grace]
20" x 16"
$250

Cermon Maya
[Maya Ceremony]
15" x 13"
$250

Día de Gracia
[Day of Giving Thanks]
15" x 13"
$250

Llantos de Atitlán [Lament of Atitlán]
16" x 20"
$160

Venta de Perros
[Selling Dogs]
13" x 15"
$200

Pitallas
16" x 20"
$200

Por Falta de Carretera
[For Lack of a Road]
16" x 20"
$200

Bananas
16" x 20"
$250

Madres Solteras
[Single Mothers]
16" x 20"
$250

Ajmaak
[Offering on a Propitious Day]
16" x 20"
$300

El Peligro que Cruza el Migrante [The Danger that Faces the Immigrant]
20" x 24"
$400

Los Sin Tierra
[Those without Land]
20" x 24"
$400

Vida Campesina [Life of a Farm Laborer]
20" x 26"
$400

Ceremonia Maya
[Maya Ceremony]
20" x 24"
$450

Altar Maya
[Maya Ceremony]
24" x 20"
$450

Ritos de Bendición
[Blessing Ceremony]
25" x 20"
$500

El Acto de los Sacerdotes Mayas [The Ceremony of the Maya Priests]
30" x 40"
$1500

Camino a la Escuela
[The Road to School]
30" x 40"
$1600

PAINTINGS SOLD

Trascendencia Maya
(Maya Transcendental Experience)
26" x 20"
Sale to B.H. Pending: 06/25/08

Danza al Grano de Oro el Maiz [Dance of the golden kernal of corn]
20" x 24"
SOLD: 12/02/09

Baleado por el Ejercito
[Shot by the Army]
15" x 13"
SOLD: 12/01/09

Torturado Lider Indigena
[Torturing an Indigenous Leader]
15" x 13"
SOLD: 12/01/09

Maiz Sacrilegio de los Mayas
[Maiz, sacrament of the Maya]
16" x 20"
SOLD: 11/27/09

Veneración al Dios del Maiz
[Venerating the corn god]
16" x 20"
SOLD: 12/01/09

Belleza
[Beauty]
15" x 13"
SOLD: 12/01/09

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[ Calendar ] [ Calendar paintings ] [ Frames ] [ Antonio Vasquez Yojcom ] [ Chema Cox ] [ Domingo Garcia Criado ] [ Elva Vasquez ] [ Emilio Gonzalez Morales ] [ Felipe Batzin ] [ Diego Isaias Hernandez Mendez ] [ Lorenzo Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Jose Antonio Gonzalez Escobar ] [ Juan Fermin Gonzalez Morales ] [ Julian Coche ] [ Margarito Chex Icu ] [ Maria Elena Curruchiche ] [ Maria Teodora Mendez de Gonzales ] [ Mariano Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Mario Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Matias Gonzalez Chavjay ] [ Miguel Angel Sunu Cortez ] [ Paula Nicho Cumes ] [ Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Vicenta Puzul de Gonzales ] [ Under $150 ] [ Major paintings ] [ Reproductions ]

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