If I Fell, 2015

Manuel Macarrulla

Oil on canvas

12" X 16"

Three Guys from Santiago, 2014

Manuel Macarrulla

Oil on canvas

30" X 30"

Blue Woman, 2013

Manuel Macarrulla

Pastel

24" X 18"

Orange Ladies, 2014

Manuel Macarrulla

Oil on canvas

10 3/4" X 12 3/4"

Single Figure, 2015

Manuel Macarrulla

Oil on canvas

30" X 20"

Vegigante Series

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

"Vegigante I"

Conte crayons, oil pastels

9" X 7"

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

"Vegigante II"

Conte crayons, oil pastels

9" X 7"

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

"Vegigante III"

Grease pencils

9" X 7"

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

"Vegigante IV"

Grease pencils

9" X 7"

Vegigantes are Puerto Rican carnival figures.

The Dance of Death

Manuel Macarrulla, 2014

"The Dance of Death (Study)"

Etching proof, retouched with ink

12" X 9"

Two Green Ladies

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

"Two Green Ladies"

Colored pencils

9 3/8" X 7"

Orange Ladies (Study)

Manuel Macarrulla, 2014

"Orange Ladies (Study)

Oil on canvas

10 3/4" X 12 5/8"

New Carnival Image

Manuel Macarrulla, 2014

Carnaval 1

Acrylic inks, acrylics

10" X 7

The picture above is a fantasy based on the carnival of Santiago, Dominican Republic, a frequent inspiration for my pictures.

  I'm aware that people sometimes take these carnival costumes as hailing from a world of monsters; from an "unnatural" world. I mean to make it clear that their provenance is very much a Caribbean, rural society. So, I make a point of including animal life, fruit vendors, or the simple concrete constructions, or, wooden clapboard homes, of the type commonly found in Dominican places (the setting where the event happens), to drive home the point.

  Yet, I do not mind the figures alluding to the supernatural. Remember that an important aspect of carnival, often overlooked, is religious. By donning a costume and enacting certain behaviors, you "let the devil out of yourself," as a purifying ritual. Although most of us are content to just think of the scene as a fun party. That's fine, too.

Manuel Macarrulla, 2014

Simian Chicken

Acrylic inks, acrylic paints

10" X 7"

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

Grinning Simian

Pencil

9 3/4" X 8 1/8"

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

Study for Eustace Tilley

Pencil

9" X 10"

Manuel Macarrulla, 2013

Color study for Eustace Tilley

Gouache

9" X10" 

Holland Cotter Mention in The New York Times' Weekend II Section, June 14, 2013.

Manuel Macarrulla, 1996

¨El Malecón¨

Microsoft Paint image, printed on rice paper

8.5¨ X11¨

Follow the link to see the mention by Holland Cotter of Manuel Macarrulla´s painting ¨Goat Song #5: Tumult on George Washington Avenue" in the June 14, 2013 issue of The New York Times' Weekend II Section.

Manuel Macarrulla, 2014

"Minerva Riding"

Gouache

7 1/16" X 10 3/16"

Manuel Macarrulla, 1988

"Goat Song #5: Tumult on George Washington Avenue"

Oil on canvas

72" X 96"

"Wallscape,"

Pavel Acosta, 2013

Paint Chips applied to a wall

72" X 96"

An 'intervention' in El Museo's permanent collection,

shown at El Museo del Barrio's "La Bienal 2013 exhibition."

"Wallscape," (Detail, L)

Pavel Acosta, 2013

Paint Chips applied to a wall

72" X 96"

An 'intervention' in El Museo's permanent collection,

shown at El Museo del Barrio's "La Bienal 2013 exhibition."

"Goat Song #5: Tumult on George Washington Avenue," (Detail, L)

Manuel Macarrulla, 1988 

"Wallscape," (Detail, L)

Pavel Acosta, 2013

Paint Chips applied to a wall

72" X 96"

An 'intervention' in El Museo's permanent collection,

shown at El Museo del Barrio's "La Bienal 2013 exhibition."

"Goat Song #5: Tumult on George Washington Avenue," (Detail, R)

Manuel Macarrulla, 1988