Romance in Durango (Sold)
16" x 12" Acrylic on art paper
ROMANCE IN DURANGO: (THE BACK STORY). The central character speaks two languages, is thoughtful and articulate (“Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people / hoof beats like castanets on stone”) and plays music (“sold my guitar to the baker's son”). He's also
new to killing and it's not something he can get over ('Was it my hand that held the gun?' he queries, while in dreams he sees 'the bloody face of Ramon'). Magdalana, was decended from Indians but took a Spanish name and was a victim of Ramon's racial slurs.
Trouble escalated and now, after killing Ramon, his men have pursued the couple through the desert. Freed from having to fit in in the town, Magdalana has reverted to her Indian clothes. In this scene after being seriously wounded the central character hands Magdalana his gun. Does she survive? Make up your own mind but I think they're both breathing their last through one of Dylan's (and Jacques Levy's) greatest songs. They're doomed lovers, it's a western Romeo and Juliet.
Signed Limited edition Print (25 in edition) £100
ROMANCE IN DURANGO: (THE BACK STORY). The central character speaks two languages, is thoughtful and articulate (“Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people / hoof beats like castanets on stone”) and plays music (“sold my guitar to the baker's son”). He's also
new to killing and it's not something he can get over ('Was it my hand that held the gun?' he queries, while in dreams he sees 'the bloody face of Ramon'). Magdalana, was decended from Indians but took a Spanish name and was a victim of Ramon's racial slurs.
Trouble escalated and now, after killing Ramon, his men have pursued the couple through the desert. Freed from having to fit in in the town, Magdalana has reverted to her Indian clothes. In this scene after being seriously wounded the central character hands Magdalana his gun. Does she survive? Make up your own mind but I think they're both breathing their last through one of Dylan's (and Jacques Levy's) greatest songs. They're doomed lovers, it's a western Romeo and Juliet.
Signed Limited edition Print (25 in edition) £100
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