Murciélago Santo Altar

Etching, steel frame and glass candles
24 x 18 inches
2009
one of a kind

Softground Etching on Magnani Pescia Paper; 12 x 12 inches; edition: #1 of 20
Steel frame and candle altar fabrication by bronze sculptor Vincent Villafranca; 16 x 16 inches (frame); 4 x 18 inches candle holders
Glass candles fabrication by glass artist and sculptor David D'Orio, 3 candles; 5 x 3.5 inches

The print series "Flores Muertas" depicts the issue of where our flowers come from, what kind of hidden real costs and dangers lie behind them and questions global capitalism as a real danger to people and the environment. Pollinators—most often bees, butterflies, birds, and bats in South America — who transfer pollen from one flower to another are critical to fruit and seed production.

In fact, animals provide pollination services for over three-quarters of the staple crop plants that feed humankind, and for 90% of all flowering plants in the world. This altar is in honor of the pollinators and those species which loose the fight for their habitat.