Dog´s Life

Oil on canvas 48x 36 in painted in Cuba during the special period 

 A dog creeps across the surreal wasteland of cuban history wearing the ghoulish face of Cuba's minister of foreign affairs, Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada the man commonly viewed as Castro's instrument of propaganda. the decaying cities of Havana and Bejucal depend on the emaciated creature for progress, but the dog seems indifferent and weary. Still, the dog, with its protruding penis, is prepared to mount any opportunity presented to it. The bird skeleton, a recurring symbol in the pre-exile series, represent those Cubans who have died trying to escape. Enquire