The captioned picture to the left is entitled Papilla Estelar, 1958. http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/juju/surr/images/varo/varo.html Remedios Varo
Born in 1908, Anglés Cataluña Spain. Died 1963, Mexico City. Remedios Varo is probably one least known of the great Surrealist painters, even though she is rumored to have taken classes together with Salvado Dalí. Her presentation of dreams, imagery and symbolism has a unique style all its own, entriely fanatastic, yet still full of subtle wit and enigma. In 1942 she moved to Mexico City with her husband, Benjamin Péret, to escape the nazi occupation of France. It was in Mexico that she painted many of her finest works. ************** I learned of this artist from a physician who read one of my poems printed in a local community newspaper a while back. He apparently has some of her artwork displayed in his offices. I'm taking my Dad for some pre-op tests this morning over to the office building that the doctor practices out of. Wouldn't I just love to pop in and check out his collection?!!! Don't have the guts to do it, tho. LOL. I think the artist is quite amazing.....Check her out, if time permits. ~ride~ | 
