Tigua Paintings

Painted wooden frame has a layer of furry skin wrapped around it part of which becomes the hook with which to hang it.

Tigua paintings. The most common tigua painting material is stretched canvas. Tigua paintings are now widely collected prized for their vibrancy and detail. The subject matter of these paintings usually reflect the immediate surrounding andean landscape and the traditional and ritualistic life style of the native population. The most popular color.

Did you scroll all this way to get facts about tigua painting. Village scene with spiritual imagery. Since those days of julio s earliest successes the popularity of tigua art has spread to other villages and continues to grow in its cultural social and economic influence. Many artists also paint and decorate the frames of the paintings as well.

Painting on drums has since led to the more common practice of painting on stretched sheep skin canvasses for the folk art shops of quito and beyond. Wonderful piece of ecuadorean folk art by tigua artist alberto toaquiza possibly related to julio i have not been able to determine. Today tigua artists paint almost exclusively on sheep hide. The tigua painters were unfamiliar with the concept of painting on a canvas and using paint brushes.

Tigua paintings and art from ecuador primitive or naif paintings from ecuador these charming paintings come from the remote ecuadorian village of tigua on the quilatoa loop and in the shadow of the very volcano that dominates each piece. Well you re in luck because here they come. And there have been other changes. So when a craft s shop owner from quito suggested this the idea of a flat drum seemed very odd.

Colorfully painted on sheepskin.