"Burlesque trio"

oil on canvas 107x85 cm painted in Cuba 2008

This sarcastic painting depicts the midnight, candle-lit madness of three drunkards celebrating the presence of an egg, which for many Cubans was the only source of nutrition during of famine. an empty plastic bottle on the table is a common image that Cubans associate with alcoholics, who commonly carry the bottle in their back pockets. The cigar ash on the corner represents the island's only enduring commodity, tobacco Enquire