New Hand-Painted Jewelry

These mini abstract paintings are made with pearlescent acrylic inks on rives paper. In the first photo you can see part of the original painted paper. I then look for a composition I like, and cut it to size. To complete the piece,  I choose a setting and place the painting under a glass cabochon. These are the ornate pieces. The new round large Magical Medallions are also finished. Coming soon! (Or come by and visit for a better look!)   

Inner Earth Set.

Inner Earth Small Medalion

Purple Spirit Lights Set.

Pink Expansion Set. Delicate pink for sweet thoughts and friendship.

Blue Water Set. 
Blue like the Caribbean Sea… If we can't be there, we can carry it close to the Heart.

Yellow Flight Earrings.

Purple Spirit Set.

Green Universe Earrings. Green full of Hope.

Do you recognize the model!? 

Cacibayagua in a Music Video by Saxophonist Luis Rosa

Cacibayagua, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 2012.

One of the most beautiful things about the Internet is the opportunity to collaborate with people you don't even know nor would hope to meet in normal circumstances. This morning I received a wonderful email from a musician in Ohio asking me if he could use the piece Cacibayagua in his video. Of course! Nothing gives me more pleasure than the opportunity to collaborate with other artists, each person doing what we love. Here it is: Luis Rosa performing a composition by Felipe Fournier titled Atabex; Luis Rosa - Arrangement & Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5miBiLXOg

Atabey Gives Birth to the Coquí

Atabey da a luz al Coquí por Tanya Torres

Atabey Gives Birth to the Coquí by Tanya Torres, Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16", 2012. 

I wanted to paint Atabey, Taíno mother of all creatures, earth goddess, mother of the god, giving birth to the coquí, the most representative creature of the island of Puerto Rico.

But she began looking like the Ánima Sola or Lonely Soul, a Catholic image brought from Europe that has evolved in America to become syncretized with some of the native and African religions. She has become a sort of goddess of love spells.

My Atabey passionately loves the earth, life, birth. In Taíno mythology, she gave birth to the "main god" Yukiyú or Yucahu. And so, she is the Mother of God, and the mother of all creatures. How might a goddess give birth? A fire that does not burn, a light that does not blind, but imparts life.

Her little child still sings for us every evening, reminding us of who lives within our own heart.

Common Coquí © Public Domain

Reproductions and Greeting Cards available in my Etsy Shops: http://www.etsy.com/shop/tanyaetorres http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowButterflyShop

Sacred Garden: Her Spirit Remains (Behind the Yuca plant with Reinita and Coquí)

Yuca grows in this garden, visited by animals, guarded by the divine ancestors who inhabit the grayer shades of life within. Made of water, leaves, roots, she might be as green as the forest itself, or as blue as the evening sky. Or she might be transparent, like a veil. She is undoubtedly humid, and life grows out of her heart.