Amaya Salazar

[1] She known for her faceless personas that inhabit mystical and magical environments where light and the Antillean flora are present.

[2] Amaya Salazar studied at the Academia Artium, Madrid, Spain[3] and at the School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

She captures those intimate moments where women are escaping the reality of life and entering the warm of the Caribbean light.

In the nightscapes the palette turns dark almost black, but there is always an internal light that shines.

The banana leaves, the palm trees, the bamboo trunks are part of the environment that surround the characters; in some cases they are the only element of the piece.

Unscathed Earth (2007)charcoal on butter paper, 32 x 32 in.