Paula Flores Paintings
Kóokay 1 & 2
Kookay in Mayan means firefly as well as the light that they emit. After the sighting of a couple of fireflies in Leshten, and once again experienced the curiosity and happiness that they gave me.
Tonal y Nahual (Evident & Ocult)
A depiction of the obvious, what we can see, what we can desire, what we can embellish, versus the hidden/occult, sometimes due to the act of not wanting to see (accept) or because we don’t know how to see it.
Deconstructed Jaguar
A visual exploration and deconstruction of Mayan aesthetics depicting Jaguars
My fascination with Mayan art goes back to my childhood when I first saw images of the murals of Bonampak…

Kóokay 1 & 2
Kookay in Mayan means firefly as well as the light that they emit. After the sighting of a couple of fireflies in Leshten, and once again experienced the curiosity and happiness that they gave me.

Tonal y Nahual (Evident & Ocult)
A depiction of the obvious, what we can see, what we can desire, what we can embellish, versus the hidden/occult, sometimes due to the act of not wanting to see (accept) or because we don’t know how to see it.

Deconstructed Jaguar
A visual exploration and deconstruction of Mayan aesthetics depicting Jaguars
My fascination with Mayan art goes back to my childhood when I first saw images of the murals of Bonampak…
Gallery
The connecting points where we all meet each other. Where we all revolve around changing from center to center, but we always keep the connections. In the end, we are all keystone species. It just depends on the perspective at the given moment.
Let’s all have a big party, where we all accept our existence as prey and predator; or maybe we shouldn’t accept these concepts that don’t allow much room for all that happens in the middle between these two?
A moment where we all eat together; digest, and are being digested while we talk about this dilemma that people have made for all of us. Let’s do it in an honorable way, in a way that everyone is included.