I made this painting  in the year 2000, I spend several month working on it
and when I finished it I hired a company called"Continental Mover S.A." they
were in charge of transporting the painting to Argentina and finally taking it to
the City of Cordova in the Hotel Holiday Inn, where the art works from all over
the world where received by the Association Cultural CUIXART.
   I gave to this  company Continental  the complete  documents they need to  
export and afterwards import and my painting with a nice wood frame with a
bluish finished patina. They gave my artwork to DHL, (Guia Aerea Nº
9885499621).
   On Tuesday July 25, my painting arrived Argentinean Ezeiza International
Airport . When the container with the painting inside was put through at the
Custom House Officer, they  kept the container believing there was something
wrong about it. The argued : Why the Hotel Holiday Inn was the receptor?   and
they needed I sent to them certify by an Argentinean Notary,  the bases of the
event , which really wasn't necessary  because this document  was with the
others inside with the painting, the same one of this event I received via e-mail
from Argentina.
   On Friday July 28, at the Custom  in the Airport,  the container with the
painting was declared as "Abandoned Merchandise" (Mercaderia en Abandono).
However they had already received paintings from different countries from Latin
American artist and from others parts of the world since it was an International
Exhibition; "The First Biennial " in Cordoba. The Exhibition was held on
September at the Museum Provincial de Bella Artes "Emilio A Caraffa" in
Cordoba , Argentina.
   On Monday 31, the container with the painting still inside of it was sent to the
Custom House Deposit and now empty, the painting had disappeared in few days
at that time.
   My signature, my home address in San  Isidro, (Now I move to Miraflores -
Lima), my telephone and my Cellular phone number and the name of the paint
are all written down on the back of the painting.
   This painting "Lavandera Uru" represents by a little girl from Puno, in the
southern part of Peru, the Uru is and indigenous community of only 350 families
who continue living within their traditions from the 14th century. The Uru still
living on floating mats of dried totora in the water of the Lake Titicaca (A reed
like papyrus that grows in dense brakes in the marshy shallows). From the
totoras, the Uru and other lake dwellers make their famous "Balsas" boats
fashioned of bundles of dried reeds lashed together.
   This little girl with her light blue threadbare jacket with the typical indian
rose colour in her skirt is washing a white blanket with her innocent glance and
you could see the sadness in her eyes, fancied  about having a better life, playing
around with dolls or learning how to read a fairy tale..
   Anthology  of a lose, this is all about for me, time for  unsuccessful inquiry
because for the opposite distance in between.. but with the hope someday I will
be again viewing the "Lavandera Uru".
Have you seen this Picture ?
"Lavandera Uru"
/The Picture of this painting unluckily is the only one I
have..
Those white spots / stains were produced  from the
reflection of the camera flash
Oil in Canvas.  37 in. Wide  x  47 in High
If you saw this painting, or you know were it is,
I appreciate if you  contact me by my e-mail