The Women of San Miguel

Here's another example of the type of portraits I do, those inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This is a painting I did of a woman in her 20s living in San Miguel. She was working at the public library, La Biblioteca, at the time. I first met her when I came to San Miguel in 2008, and we got to know each other from my visits to the library. She was working in the cultural affairs office and I was struck by her sensual beauty and delightful personality. She is bilingual, intelligent, and lovely in an angelic way but disarmingly down-to-earth. She came to my studio and I photographed her in seated under a flowering bush in my back yard.

Portrait of Julieta, A San Miguel Woman, by Anthony Maulucci