El Pipero Trepador

Artist Name : Christian PorrasCV

El Pipero Trepador

2023

Acrylic on canvas

58 x 50 cm | 22.8 x 19.7 in.

USD 1,000

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Description

El Pipero Trepador (translated as “The Climbing Piper”) is a Costa Rica Tico painting by Guanacaste-based artist and musician Christian Porras demonstrating his signature style of full curved forms and billowing lines.

His paintings are dynamic reflections of the Costa Rican landscape’s ever-shifting rhythms. Porras, being greatly inspired by his song-writing, creates harmonious relationships between his songs and his paintings as he translates lyrical descriptions of places and characters into bold, block-coloured canvases.

Using a unique technique of applying paint with ovoid shapes, Porras layers elliptical brushstrokes reminiscent of fingerprints, blending elements of nature, from rivers to beaches, with human figures that integrate into their surroundings. At the heart of Porras’ practices lies a celebration of everyday life in Guanacaste, representing Costa Rica’s traditions and those of wider Latin America.

El Pipero Trepador portrays a quintessential scene of daily life in Costa Rica. A figure climbs a palm tree with practiced ease to harvest coconuts. With its bold contours and simplified palette, the work transforms a familiar image of rural life into an emblem of resilience and tradition, an archetypal Costa Rica Tico painting that celebrates culture and landscape.

Framing not included.
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Additional information

Weight 1 kg
Dimensions 50 × 15 × 15 cm
color

Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Yellow

Price

USD 1,000 – 2,000

size

medium