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Santiago, Roseta – “Lost and Found”, Oil on Panel, (30″ x 30″)

30" x 30" unframed 35" x 35" framed

$ 9,500.00

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This painting by Roseta Santiago is entitled, “Lost and Found“.  It is an oil on canvas.  Roseta said of this painting:

“This painting is more than just a man finding his lost horse.  The man is Daryl, one of my most often used models, and he is from Taos.  He is dressed in a traditional Taos style and he has found his pony that wandered away. To me, this painting is symbolic of our journey during the year of COVID.  It has been an evolution of life.  We hav lost much, and yet found unexpected new aspects to our lives.  In our own way we have each had to find our own way through unexpected circumstances and experiences.”

Roseta Santiago is known for her dynamic realistic paintings.  History reverberates in each of her paintings.  Roseta Says of her art:

“The things that inspire me are the historical artifacts, historical people.  My models are people with whom I spend time and who have something to reveal. It’s always about inner beauty. It’s mainly the interior of a person or thing. I can almost experience a pot being made when I paint it. I just see what the potter went through.” 

She is best known for her luminous still life and figurative paintings of Native peoples and artifacts portrayed with dramatic lighting, Santiago is a master at chiaroscuro.  She uses mostly living models, although a few historic people taken from photographs weave their way into her art.  She says one of her goals is to honor Native American culture through her portrayals in her art. 

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Roseta Santiago says of herself and her work; "My name is Roseta Santiago. I live and paint every day in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In Asian philosophy, there is a process of becoming "new." This intellectual sensation has been my best ally. While attempting to write about myself here, I have walked many new paths while always being optimistic about the results. On some of those paths, I managed an employment agency in Washington DC, designed and sold signage and exhibits, started a graphics design company that led to theme restaurant advertising, advertising, and promotion agency, and a design/ build career. After that, I was recruited to paint life-size wildlife murals for 23 Bass Pro stores in 16 states. This earned me the name Paintslinger in New Mexico. Today I realize that these experiences played a major role in this, my final painting “career." I was born and raised in the Washington DC area, the eldest among my five siblings. My father was a chef on the aircraft carrier USS Missouri and at the Blair House for Harry Truman while serving in the US Navy for 35 years. He was born in the Philippine Islands to a Spanish father and Filipino mother. My mother was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Her parents were Irish, German, and Polish, having fled from Europe because of their ancestry. There is such a mystery surrounding our heritage. This may be a clue to my curiosity about subjects and the lineage of the objects I paint. I am fascinated by mystery, illusion, and the unknown. My determination and drive came, no doubt, from my dad, who raised his large family based on a third-grade education and hard work. If a biography is an account of someone's life, then this is my biography. It is brief, a thumbnail sketch if you will, but it encompasses all the experiences that led to my picking up a brush and beginning to paint my paintings. That is what I am here to do. I never had a "could have /should have" point of view. And I am always willing to make a change to move forward and be positive.  Discovering indigenous people of all races is discovering myself. " Subscribe to New Additions for this artist