KMILO VALDES FORTES, Havanna, Cuba *Returning Artist*
The structural qualities of this painting alone point to the Nadir, the inner resting place of the soul and spirit. The bowl shape, then the inverted aspect of that, brings the eye to center and allows it to rest among the rich colors and textures of the piece. If one looks more carefully, one sees a small city built among the elements. The material manifestations of our lives are but ephemeral and metaphorical in the picture of the breath's worth of our incarnation. This painting is rapt with this symbolism and affords endless contemplation.