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Self-taught artist she works sculpture, painting and collage. with symbolic themes to abstract landscapes.
Within her new line of work without break away from the big composition painting, Cano works with sculptural panels, connect her collage work through steel sheets, creating new compositions and textures
Elisa Cano
Self-governed artist of international status.
She lived in Mexico City in Popotla, there was old houses and that greatly influence her work.
Among her many works highlights the 1886 series, consisting of various themes from vases with flowers, Popotla´s houses, portraits, Cozumel´s women (affectionately calls fat Cozumel), landscapes and abstract.
The techniques are mainly handles paper collage, collage on canvas, oil painting, sculpture in marble, leather sculpture.
Her environment has been a great inspiration for creating her art works and teaching. From the old houses, zoos, the Cozumel island and of course museums in the United States, Canada, France, Spain and Mexico. Gaining greater sensitivity from pieces of art history.
In 1976 she arrives to Cuernavaca where she teaches painting.
After she starts a school of technical drawing, linocut, woodcut, tempera, oil painting and silkscreen workshop design and composition.
She lives in Cuernavaca and she´s creating a new sculptural series made of steel panels.