Market of Paintings by
. Mario Gonzalez Chavajay
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Mario Gonzalez Chavajay works exclusively with Arte Maya Tz'utuhil. Mario González is one of Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay’s two young brothers who paint. Unlike most Tz’utuhil artists coming out of one family, Mario did not learn from his brother Pedro Rafael. He learned the hard way by painting mainly on his own. For years he painted tourist work for Salvador Reanda’s gallery in Santiago Atitlán. Mario rose to the challenge by doing two paintings a day. His sense of color and ability to apply paint made him the most saleable of all the artists, who painted for the tourist art galleries. In 2000 Mario stopped working for the tourist market and began exclusively painting original themes. His painting soon changed from the typical tourist work to paintings set in lush tropical forests depicting the traditional Maya way of life. Mario is probably the hardest working of all the Tz’utuhil artists and certainly among the most promising emerging artists. Mario Gonzalez Chavajay trabaja exclusivamente con Arte Maya Tz'utuhil. Mario González es uno de los dos hermanos menores de Pedro González Chavajay que pintan. A diferencia de la mayoría de artistas tz’utujiles que provienen de la misma familia, Mario no aprendió de su famoso hermano Pedro Rafael, sino que siguió el duro camino de ser autodidacta. Durante años hizo pinturas de orientación turística para la galería de Salvador Reanda en Santiago Atitlán. Mario estuvo a la altura del desafío, pintando dos cuadros diarios hasta que su sentido del color y la habilidad de pintar le hicieron el artista mejor mercadeado de todos los que pintaban para las galerías de arte turísticas. En el 2000 Mario dejó de trabajar para el mercado turístico y empezó a pintar exclusivamente temas originales. Sus pinturas pronto cambiaron de ser el típico trabajo turístico a pintura basada en lujuriosos bosques tropicales que demuestra la forma tradicional de vida de los Mayas. Mario probablemente es el más arduo trabajador de todos los pintores tz’utuhiles y por supuesto entre los más prometedores artistas emergentes.
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Very Small Paintings (most are 11" x 9")
A Venta
[Off to Sell]
11" x 9"
$125		 Comprando Pan
[Buying Bread]
11" x 9"
$125		 Curandero de Hueso
[Bonesetter]
11" x 9"
$125		 Banano
11" x 9"
$125
Pequeña Ofrenda
[A Little Offering]
11" x 9"
$125		 Café de Guatemala
[Guatemalan Coffee]
11" x 9"
$125		 Bananos
11" x 9"
$125		 Venta de Gallos
[Sale of Chickens]
11" x 9"
$125
 
Ollas de Barro
[Earthenware]
11" x 9"
$125		   La Hija del Rey Quiche
[The Daughter of the Kiche King]
12" x 10"
$150		 Curación Maya
[Maya Healing]
12" x 11"
$150
Small Paintings (most are 15" x 13")
Huerfanos de la Violencia
[Orphans of the Violence]
15" x 13"
$160		 Después de Stan
[After Hurricane Stan]
15" x 13"
$160		 Descanso de Cazadores
[Hunters Resting]
15" x 13"
$200		 Solotecos
[Maya of Sololá]
15" x 13"
$200 (stretched)
Bananas
15" x 13"
$200		 Curandero
[Healer]
15" x 13"
$200		 Ceremonia Maya
[Maya Ceremony]
15" x 13"
$200		 Bananos
15" x 12"
$200  (stretched)
Ceremonia Bautismal
[Baptism Ceremony]
15" x 13"
$200		 Corte de Café
[Picking Coffee]
15" x 13"
$200		 Agradecidos al Dios de la Lluvia [Thanking God for the Rain]
15" x 13"
$200		 Al Cementario, Dia de los Muertos
[To the Cementary]
15" x 13"
$200
 
Purificación, Religion Maya
[Maya Purification]
15" x 10"
$200		 Pellizcando Café
[Pinching Coffee]
15" x 12"
$200		 El Buen Café
[The Good Coffee]
17.5" x 13"
$200		  
Migrantes
[Migrants]
13" x 15"
$250 (stretched)		 Curandero
[Healer]
13" x 15"
$200		 Venta de Perros
[Selling Dogs]
13" x 15"
$200		 Curandero
[Healer]
13" x 15"
$200
 
Cocina Maya
[Maya Kitchen]
13" x 15"
$200		 Traida de Agua
[Bringing of Water]
13" x 15"
$200		 El Buen Café
[The Good Coffee]
13" x 18"
$220		  
   
Buena Cosecha
[Good Harvest]
12" x 24"
$260		    
Medium Paintings (most are 16" x 20")
Pitallas
16" x 20"
$300		 Madres Solteras
[Single Mothers]
16" x 20"
$300		 Bananas
16" x 20"
$300		 Ajmaak
[Offering on a Propitious Day]
16" x 20"
$300
Ajmaak
[Maya Day Name]
16" x 20"
$300		 Curandera de Niños
[Healer of Children]
16" x 20"
$300		 Sin Hogar Propio
[Without Their Own Place]
16" x 20"
$300		 A Dos Kilometro del Rio [Two Kilometers from the River]
16" x 20"
$300
Parto
[Childbirth]
16" x 20"
$300		 Oración y Veneración al Lago de Atitlán
[Rituals for Lake Atitlán]
16" x 20"
$300		 Comadrona
[Midwife]
16" x 20"
$300		 Guardianes de Ecologia
[Ecological Guardians]
18" x 22"
$300
A Venta
[Off to Sell]
20" x 16"
$300		 Madre Soltera
[Single Mother]
20" x 16"
$300		 Sacerdotes Mayas
[Maya Priests]
20" x 16"
$300		 Veneración a Maximón
[Venerating Maximón]
20" x 16"
$300
Leña
[Fire wood]
20" x 16"
$300 		Día Gracia
[Day of Giving Thanks]
20" x 16"
$300		 Veneración del Maiz
[Venerating Corn]
21" x 14"
$300		 Acción de Gracias por los Hijos [Giving Thanks for the Children]
18" x 15"
$250
Medium-Large Paintings (most are 20" x 24")
Zanación Maya
[Maya healing]
20" x 24"
$400		 Ajmaaki, Día de Pedir Perdon
[Ajmaaki, the day to ask forgiveness]
20" x 24"
$400		 Hacedores de Paz
[Peace makers]
20" x 24"
$400		 El Peligro que Cruza el Migrante [The Danger that Faces the Immigrant]
20" x 24"
$400
Algodon
[Cotton]
20" x 24"
$400		 Al Mercado
[Off to the Market]
20" x 24"
$400		 Rito Ancestral
[Ancestral Rites]
20" x 24"
$400		 Bananos
20" x 24"
$400
Pequeño Descanso
[A Little Rest]
20" x 24"
$400		 Curandero de Hueso
[Bone Setter]
20" x 24"
$400		 Tejedoras
[Weavers]
20" x 24"
$400		 Veneración y Danza al Nahual [Venerating the Animal Spirit]
20" x 24"
$400
 
Ceremonia Maya
 [Maya Ceremony]
20" x 24"
$400		 Mercado
[Market]
20" x 26"
$400		 Baptismo Maya
[Maya Baptism]
20" x 21"
$350		  
   
Acto Ceremonial antes de Cazar Animales [Ritual before the Hunt]
24" x 20"
$400		 Veneración a Pascual Abaj [Venerating Pascual Abaj]
24" x 20"
$400		    
 
Ritos de Bendición
 [Blessing Ceremony]
25" x 20"
$415		 Día de Pedir Perdon
[Day of asking forgiveness]
26" x 20"
$435		 Cofradía de Maximón
[Brotherhood of Maximón]
30" x 19"
$475		  
Large Paintings
   
El Acto de los Sacerdotes Mayas [The Ceremony of the Maya Priests]
30" x 40"
$1000		 Camino a la Escuela
[The Road to School]
30" x 40"
$1600		    
PAINTINGS SOLD
     
Trascendencia Maya
(Maya Transcendental Experience)
26" x 20"
Sale to B.H. Pending: 		     
 
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