About The Artist — A Modern Day Tlacuilo
Felix Galvan paints surreal dreamscapes, utilizing indigenous symbolism for visual storytelling. Felix’s artwork explores his ancestral roots through his study of the Mesoamerican arts. Nature and mysticism inform the way he incorporates the essence of Anahuac in his contemporary style. These visual stories honor the place his roots are tethered to.
Nopalli is an acrylic painting I did on a piece of wood panel. Nopalli is depicted playing with the axolotl salamanders. The plant growing from his forehead is a prickly pear cactus. He wears the sun’s rays on his colla.
Turtle Island was done in watercolor and color pencil on 300 lb cold-press watercolor paper.
Nahualli is a word that means shape-shifter in the nahuatl language. In historical context, there was a significant role played by the people who held such knowledge. In my artwork, I use shape-shifting as a metaphor for the different changes I undergo with my life experiences.
The Jaguar-skinned warrior
Tocuilcoyotl is the nahuatl name for a sandhill crane. This sketchbook drawing is a reflection on the symbiotic relationship my ancestors had with the natural world that they observed. In this drawing, the character on the bottom right is letting his hair loose to feel the cool wind while he contemplates nature.
