Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistKelli Coon Collectiondigitalfunk
Description In Mayan times Isla Mujeres served as the sanctuary for the goddess Ixchel, Goddess of fertility, reason, medicine, and the moon. The island was uninhabited for three centuries except for fishermen and the pirates who dropped off their treasures and stolen women. This digital creation is derived from a series of photographs I took while discovering this place. The story is a pirate named Fermin Anonio Mundaca y Marecheaga made his fortune in the mid 1800's selling Mayan slaves. He built himself a beautiful hacienda and this garden called 'The Rose of the Winds'. Martiniana a beautiful woman of the island had many admirers, including Mundaca even though she was almost 40 years younger than him. He had hoped his power and wealth would win her affections even having the gates to his garden dedicated to her name. Alas she married another and it is said he spent the rest of his days insane from rejection, here in his garden alone, where his empty tomb still waits for him....
Kelli Coon, Saskatoon Member Since June 2007 Artist Statement Kelli Coon is a published Canadian artist, New Media and Marketing Specialist and Journalist. 23 years of artistic training in a number of mediums starting with traditional drawing and painting techniques. Other areas of training include: video art, photography, cinematography, screenwriting and storyboarding, web and flash design.