Paintings

A cloth with a simple multi-colored pattern is tied roughly into two knots allowing folds and creases to form freely. The shapes of the pattern are possibly diamonds but hard to recognize due to the many folds. A thin, white cord winds around the sheet on both ends. The background is white with a grey background consisting of the sheet's shadow and nine vertically tilted stripes.

Knotted Fabric

1985 Oil on Canvas 48" x 36"

The artist ties a colorful textile into two knots, creating many shadowed folds and ridges. She contrasts that with the clean white background and its simple striped pattern.

Outcast Clown

1984 Oil on Canvas 32" x 44"

Besides painting, Lourdes had many interests throughout her life- beads, stamps and dolls to name a few. She seems to have had a period where she specifically focused on clown dolls, as seen here and in Clownish Reflection.

Two zebras drink from a pool of water. The shore of the water seems to extend up indefinitely behind the zebras like a wall.

The Quenching

1983 Acrylic on Canvas. 24" x 30"

Orchids of gentle purple, pnk and yellow colors, fading into a foggy, white background.

Trumpet the Orchids

1983 Watercolor. 22" x 30"

A young girl with sandy blonde hair, perhaps about seven years old, in a white, sleeveless garment, sits on a box. One of her feet is on the box and she touches it with the fingers of both hands.

The Waif

1982 Oil on Canvas. 20" x 26"

Roses or Butterflies?

1981 Oil on Canvas Triptych. 21" x 36"

A porcelain clown dressed in red and yellow with a delicate white face, red lips and dark eyes poses next to a pumpkin, a gold bucket of radishes, a potted plant with big white leaves, two cobs of multi-colored corn and three eggs. The surface is covered with a freely arranged sheet with triangular multicolored pattern - pink, white and dark purple. The background has two mirrors that reflect the back of the objects. One of the mirros has an elaborate wooden frame depicting flowers on its edges.

Clownish Reflection

1981 Oil on Canvas 22" x 34"

I vaguely remember my mother having the colored corn at home to paint this, though I’m not sure about the other objects. This work combines her interest in simple, geometric textiles and clown dolls, as seen in other works.

A woman with long, dark, wavy hair sits at a table holding a cloth. The woman's dress, the cloth and the background wallpaper are all very ornate and colorful. A thin vase on the table holds a few branches completely devoid of leaves or flowers.

Seamstress

1980 Watercolor. 30" x 20"

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