La Llorona

2022
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

La Llorona is a powerful convergence of cultural mythology, abstract expression, and symbolic language. Drawing from the legend of La Llorona—the weeping woman of Mexican folklore—the painting reframes themes of sorrow, ritual, and remembrance through a densely layered composition of calligraphic forms and emotional texture.

Marked by vertical drips, angular strokes, and rhythmic layering, the work evokes both erosion and persistence—tears that etch themselves into memory. The palette of bruised reds, ochres, deep blues, and flashes of gold conjures a sacred, turbulent atmosphere where grief and beauty coexist.

Rather than offering a literal narrative, La Llorona invites contemplation through a system of script that resists translation, favoring symbolic resonance over clarity. The resulting visual language becomes a vessel for feeling—one that blurs the boundaries between communication and meditation.

This work stands as a visual lament, channeling the archetype of the mourning figure into something contemporary and transcendent. It is a testament to the emotional weight abstract expression can carry, and to the enduring power of myth reimagined through form, motion, and mystery.

Ideal for collectors and curators drawn to culturally charged narratives, La Llorona remains one of RETNA’s most evocative and spiritually resonant works.

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