Guitarra 16" x 12" | 50% SALE | Guatemala Painting | Oil Painting Original | Guatemala Art | Latin America Art | Mayan Art | Indigenous outlets Art

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Authentic Latin American fine art by Guatemalan artist Ottoniel Chavajay (bio below).
This is an original oil painting on unstretched (unframed) canvas that came to us directly from Guatemala, San Pedro.
Height - 16 inches, width - 12 inches.
This colorful image of a guitar in an abstract style will be a great reminder of your native lands, a decoration of your home, a gift for a loved one or just for a connoisseur of Latin American fine art. A high-quality canvas and the incomparable smell of real oil paints will once again remind you that this is a real, hand-painted painting and not a print.

He calls it Guitarra Abstracto (Abstract Guitar).

Ottoniel Chavajay was born in San Pedro in 1976. He has seven brothers and sisters. His father was kidnapped in 1980 when Ottoniel was 4 years old - a victim of the civil war which was devastating to almost every Mayan community on Lake Atitlan. Ottoniel said that art has helped him a great deal with this great loss which he and his family suffered.

Ottoniel began drawing in elementary school with pencils and crayons and started creating cartoons and portraits. He was acknowledged and appreciated by his teachers which helped inspire him to continue. Later, he began doing pencil outlets drawings and chiaroscuro and then began doing oil paintings on canvas. Ottoniel enjoys painting a number of styles, but his favorite is Vista de Pajaro or Birds eye view. He said that he loves to paint and is content when he is painting. Ottoniel has his studio and gallery attached to his home.

Ottoniel has received widespread recognition for his painting both nationally and abroad. He was invited to attend an event at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC to present his work and his culture. He has also gained widespread recognition in Antigua and Guatemala City galleries where he is a featured artist. Ottoniel's subject matter includes portraits, landscapes, traditional ceremonies, market scenes and harvesting of coffee, corn and other foods. In spite of being a well recognized artist, he still struggles to make ends meet, and an increase in the sale of his paintings motivates him to continue painting.

Ottoniel is also a teacher in a secondary school where he instructs art to students who are seriously interested in pursuing art as a career. Ottoniel believes that art has the potential to preserve, inform and foster an appreciation of Mayan culture and traditions to tourists and people in other countries and can help to preserve his culture. He is also particularly concerned about loss of language and traditions in his own community and feels that art can play an important role in informing and motivating youth to appreciate and take pride in their own culture and to keep it alive.

A personal friend of Otto's, he has entrusted me with his works in the hopes of expanding his business horizons, preserving his culture, and sharing it with the world. A truly incredible artist and friend.