{"id":949,"date":"2017-04-27T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:02:20","slug":"mrs-b-wanted-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/2017\/04\/mrs-b-wanted-indians\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. B. wanted \u201cIndians\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMrs. B. was my fourth grade teacher at the Bryker Woods Elementary School in Austin, Texas. Since I was leaving the USA after three years there, to return to my home country, she came up with the idea of having Venezuelan days<\/strong> in the classroom as a farewell from my classmates. My dad was invited to play Venezuelan folks music with his \u201ccuatro\u201d, a four string guitar similar to the ukulele and we talked about our typical food (arepas, hallacas, etc.), traditions, how we spent christmas, and so on.<\/p>\n

At the end of these events, my teacher asked me to paint a picture of Venezuela. So I did.
\nAt that time, Caracas, Venezuela\u2019s capital, was a very cosmopolitan
\nand modern city (before socialism took over) with beautiful big green parks, very tall buildings and lots of traffic. And that was the painting she got.<\/p>\n

The thing is, Mrs. B. wanted \u201cindians\u201d!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are many aborigines in my country, but very far away from the big cities. At that age, the only \u201cindians\u201d I had seen were on US American TV.<\/p>\n

So, I made this very elaborate and beautiful painting of,
\nwhat for me, were indians:
\npretty Hawaiian girls with palm skirts dancing hula-hula at a Luau while some Apaches with their feathers were galloping around on their horses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Think of it as \u201cGilligan\u2019s Island\u201d meets \u201cThe Love Boat\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was my first comission! And Mrs. B. was so happy.<\/p>\n

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