This one goes where people stand around holding drinks. The kitchen, by the fridge. The hallway you funnel guests down. Somewhere a person has thirty seconds to look and no polite reason not to ask.
A woman walks past a row of art deco hotels. On the end of her lead is an alligator the size of a chihuahua. She is completely composed about it.
The bit that gets people twice
Her head is tilted, so you never see her face. That is deliberate. You read her entirely from her posture, and her posture says this is Tuesday. Then your eye follows the lead – and the lead is the only hot colour in the whole picture. Flat fuchsia, sprayed on that one element, against sun-bleached mint plaster with cracks and a patch where something else used to be. Black stencil everywhere else, soft at the edges where the spray drifted, a few drips left in.
That is how Luna Vasquez works. One clean cut, a wall that has seen things, and exactly one hot colour doing all the talking. No words anywhere. The joke lands on its own or it doesn’t. As Ruby put it: “The hot fuchsia leash is a striking pop of color that immediately grabs attention.” The critics averaged it 8.67.
What you get, and what it costs
A high quality print of a digital artwork on museum-grade archival matte paper. Non-reflective, so a kitchen light overhead gives you the picture back instead of a glare. Printed edge to edge, no white border – it looks right slipped into a frame you already own, and honestly fine pinned up bare.
Portrait. Most people take the 16×20 (40.6 x 50.8 cm) at $49. Go 18×24 if it’s carrying a wall alone, 11×14 if it’s slotting in beside other things. That’s the price, free shipping in the continental US, made to order in up to ten business days. No bidding, no surprise number at checkout.
One honest thing
It is loud and it is a joke. If you want art that keeps its voice down, this is not it.
If it made you laugh, take it home. If you want to see how far she pushes the one-colour trick, go through the rest of Luna’s wall – or follow her, and the next one turns up in front of you first.
One is a piece. Two is a set. Three is a collection.
Almost nobody stops at one. A second work by the same hand turns a wall into a pairing. A third turns it into something you chose rather than something you bought. There are 6 other works by Luna Vasquez available.
Before the First Sip – Luna Vasquez | Digital Download$19
Off Duty Entirely – Luna Vasquez | Fine Art Print Price range: $129 through $229
Standing Pink at Five – Luna Vasquez | Digital Download$19
Fastball Gone Tropical – Luna Vasquez | Fine Art Print Price range: $29 through $69
Cortadito on the Wing – Luna Vasquez | Fine Art Print Price range: $129 through $229
Doubles Before Rescue – Luna Vasquez | Fine Art Print Price range: $129 through $229
