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Artworks
Maria Radilla
Pajarito (D2022)Acrylic on mixed media sculpture36 x 17 x 34”
Courtesy of NIAD Art Center___
Visual Description of Artwork
Maria Radilla has created a sculptural series of little birds or “pajarito” with varying features, bold eyes and varied colors and sizes. We will describe them from smallest to largest.
The smallest is like a ball painted a shiny black with 2 strong legs, a large eye with solid black pupil and a bright yellow beak to its right. At approximately ten inches high, wide and deep the little bird seems to be putting one leg in front of the other and asking us to take notice.
Next is a pajarito that resembles a brightly colored parrot with a red head and obvious beak, and a yellow and green body. The sculpture is 25 inches high, 16 inches wide and 12 inches deep.
The largest ‘little bird’ is perhaps a blackbird and sits on a bright red ledge or perch. Again, it has a large eye with brown iris and black pupil that asks us to engage, a mottled brown and black beak, a solid black head and angular raised left wing. The body and wings are painted in black and grey to suggest feathers.
__Courtesy of NIAD Art Center
