Guatemalan Artist Featured in Revue Magazine
The unique artwork of Cuban-born resident of Guatemala, Orestes Ricardo Sanchez is being featured in Revue Magazine this month:
Quick Sketch: 7 Questions for Orestes
By Laura McNamara
Briefly describe your art.
My art is to represent everything as much as I can in high texture.
What is your favorite art medium?
Clay. Then once I fire it, it becomes ceramic.
When did you learn how to work with clay and ceramic?
I was going to take a class in English literature, but the class was canceled. Then I saw a classroom where students were working with clay. The teacher asked me, “Do you want to join this class?” And that’s how I started (laughs). It was an accident.
What was your first piece of artwork?
It was a 28-by-30 slab cut into irregular pieces in the design of a bird. I finished that piece with a form of firing called raku, and it came out spectacularly because of the different sizes and the different colors. It was exhibited in the Miami Art Center, and immediately I had a buyer. But I didn’t sell it. Later on, I sold it to a woman that was so in love with this piece—finally, I thought, I’ve found the right person for it.
Read the entire profile by clicking here: Quick Sketch: 7 Questions for Orestes
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I am the woman who bought Ricardo’s wonderful raku bird, his first piece of artwork. I loved it then and I love it now. It is an amazing piece of work and has given me great pleasure all of these years. I would have it for my tombstone, if that were possible. I love it that much. And, no, Ricardo, it is NOT for sale! I will let my children fight over it when I am gone.
I can testify that Orestes was really touched by your appreciation for his piece. He lit up when talking about selling it to you…