La Popa Hill Convent and Saint Philip Castle, Cartagena Colombia Tank Top

La Popa Hill Convent and Saint Philip Castle - Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Tribute to his native Colombia

CITYSCAPES Series by Rafael Salazar
Artist from Colombia
Copyright 2016 All rights reserved by Rafael Salazar.

The city was founded on June 1, 1533, and named after Cartagena, Spain, itself after the original Carthage in Tunisia. However, settlement in this region around Cartagena Bay by various indigenous people dates back to 4000 BC. During the colonial period Cartagena served a key role in administration and expansion of the Spanish empire. It was a center of political and economic activity due to the presence of royalty and wealthy viceroys. In 1984 Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wiki

In the "visual arts," a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting,drawing,print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area.

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May 2024 be the "Year for Peace". Born in Cali, Colombia back in 1944. Barranquilla introduced him to the world of arts amongst some of the most renowned Colombian artists from el "Grupo Barranquilla: during the La Cueva era. He owned an Art Gallery on Sunny Isles Boulevard, Miami Beach, Florida; where he taught young artists who recently graduated from Gainesville University: "The Art of finding the Inner Artist within You". An introspection of the artist's own mental and emotional processes when defining which type of Art most sincerely reflects his or her artistic personality. ~Rafael defies the assumption of his medium by employing techniques to push his images toward abstraction.~ He has always been ahead of the times... An...