More About the Subject of these Paintings
The painting captures the majesty and power of La Virgen at the Santuario del Cerro San Cristóbal, in Santiago, Chile and juxtaposes the man-made and natural elements crucial to urban development, while raising questions about our current relationship with technology, religion, and nature.
The painting of the Manuel Foster Observatory, erected in 1903 on top of Cerro San Cristobal to facilitate observations of the southern sky using cutting-edge technology explores the role of landscape in technological progress. Hills are places where the earth meets the sky, and across cultures and time, have been used by humans to explore beyond the boundaries of our terrestrial lives.