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No Des Papaya

2020

‘La Ultima Cena’ $10,00030 x 40Oil Painting2019‘La Ultima Cena,’ was painted specifically for the generation of kids in the United States who were born in a different country but were brought to the US for a better life in a fight to keep their relationship with their culture alive. 'La Ultima Cena’ is the table where we eat, where we gather, where love is present in our mouth and in our stomach, and where both countries collide and all generations of women in our family found unity with the stories of our culture through the food from South America and the taste of our past. It is the presence of God through bodies of women. — ‘La Ultima Cena’
30 x 40
Oil Painting
2019

'Bruised Banana’ sold30 x 40Digital Media2020‘Bruised Banana ‘ is a self portrait of Rossana with a forbidden fruit and the snake of temptation and mortality. The banana is beaten but remains edible with wisdom. — 'Bruised Banana’ sold
30 x 40
Digital Media
2020

‘Fronteras’ sold36 x 36Oil Painting2020‘Fronteras’ is dedicated to all the kids being held in cages by the United States. When the news originally came out about kids being wrapped in foil paper as blankets, kids ripped away from their parents and getting lost in the system or sold in human trafficking, a photo of their rosaries that were taken from them at the border was posted on the news that stuck with me. No Des Papaya means to not put yourself in a position where you become vulnerable to be taken advantage of, but these kids didn’t have a choice, immigrants don’t have a choice. — ‘Fronteras’ sold
36 x 36
Oil Painting
2020

‘Don Ali’ $3,00016 x 20Oil Painting2018‘Don Ali’ is a painting of Rossana’s grandpa. He holds the presence of the past, he holds the wisdom we have earned as we grow with age and allow the dark secrets families hold onto. Stories that were never told because you were always too young to hear them, but still our bodies carry the traumas passed on to the next generation. — ‘Don Ali’
16 x 20
Oil Painting
2018

‘My Wings Were Burned When I landed’ sold24 x 30Oil Painting2020‘My Wings Were Burned When I landed’ was created for all the undocumented, for everyone affected by the 13th amendment, and for everyone who was born into chains through their race, their gender, their neighborhood or their documentation. Parrots chained by a country they are not welcomed or from,without documentation, wanting to move forward in the land of opportunities but not being allowed to fly. — ‘My Wings Were Burned When I landed’ sold
24 x 30
Oil Painting
2020

‘Sanar' sold24 x 30Oil Painting2020‘Sanar’ is a self portrait of Rossana in a cycle of healing using the tears from her pain to create an ocean of healing and rebirth as she waters herself with love. She rips out her heart as a sacrifice and hands it to the crab to keep it safe in the shell, she rips out her stomach to feed her subconscious, and under the moonlight she travels with her two headed crocodile who ride on her shoulders to remind her the weight of it all. — ‘Sanar' sold
24 x 30
Oil Painting
2020