AMOR DIVINO
ABOUT THIS PIECE
This painting is a tribute to my Mother’s journey to the United States to give us a better life. Her tears flowing into the Rio Grande. Monarchs immigrate during their lives and represent the way this journey is a natural process to all beings sharing the same planet.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST
Mauro de la Tierra is a first generation Mexican American from San Antonio; a self-taught painter, sculptor, and illustrator. What began with street art transitioned into canvas and beyond. With support from his community, and his mentor, Albert Gonzales, he has been self-employed as a full time artist since October 2017. Mauro considers himself community-made and is community-driven.
His work focuses on socio-economic challenges and generational struggles such as the prison industrial complex, poverty, addiction, and the deterioration of the earth. His work captures a side of life that is often vilified and ignored while also making a statement of love for humanity. With the use of spray paint, acrylic, and oil paints, Mauro creates heavy textures on canvas in a modern and raw style of whimsical, surreal, abstract expressionism.
