Talk about an ambitious piece of art created with little more than a blue ball point pen and eight sheets of 11x17 white paper! It's titled "NATURE" and was created by incarcerated artist, Andres Cabrera-Cabrera, Jr. who is located in an Oregon State Prison. Andres created this specifically for PATH's Fall 2020 inmate art exhibit themed "BIRDS, BEES, BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS". The exhibit will take place at the Congregational Community Church in Tiburon, CA.
As you can see by his original sketch, Andres carefully planned this out and it amazes me how perfectly all the sheets of paper fit together to form the entire drawing measuring a whopping 44 inches by 68 inches. It will eventually be professionally matted and framed for installation purposes.
In the meantime, Andres' art was featured in the prison's paper "THE ECHO" and his friend, Norma Cid was inspired to write a poem about it that she titled "El Sendero (The Path).
“EL SENDERO” (“THE PATH”), by Norma Cid
Escuchamos "El Himno a la Alegria"
Entre arboles cascadas y flores
Con los pajaros como tenores
Tus ojos se reflejaron en los mios
En ese hermoso puente
Aunque jamas pude verte
Nuestros brazos se cruzaron
Enfrente de esas cascadas
Pero solo en mi mente estabas
Y mientras admirabamos el paisaje
Tu me abrazaste muy fuerte
Aun si tu estar presente
Y vimos miles de avejas
Y hermosas flores y mariposas
Aunque no pasó tal cosa
Y estuvimos en esa cabaña
Mientras alumbraba la luna
Aunque nunca hubo cosa alguna
Y ahi reimos y lloramos
contandonos nuestra historia
Pero solo existió en mi memoria
Y me embriage de tu olor
Y en tus ojos me perdí
Y aunque nunca lo viví es parte de mi existir
Porque asi fue y no fue
Porque estuviste y no estabas
Porque todo esto era lo que yo siempre anhelaba
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do sharing it with you.
Blessings,
Leslie Lakes, Director