Macho Moto
21x29” Acrylic, metal leaf, and glitter on Arches 300 gm watercolor paper.
El Güegüense, aka El Macho Ratón is a 16th century satirical Nicaraguan drama. It is one of Latin America's most distinctive colonial-era expressions and Nicaragua's signature folkloric masterpiece meshing music, dance and theater. There are 14 characters in the piece of which 4 are machos, or beasts of burden. Here we have one of those 4 machos, Macho Moto, depicted.