Portfolio & Corpus Pictorial
Forty years of material alchemy spanning the slopes of Mount Misti and the vastness of the Andean high plateau. This section brings together the catalog raisonné of Master Machaca de Aquino’s eight major series: 58 works encompassing monumental canvases, festive diptychs, and mixed media translating Andean cosmogony into a universal visual language.
Rites, Festivities and Gratitude
Where effort blossoms into gratitude, art transforms into celebration. A visual immersion into popular jubilation and festive memory across the southern Andes.
Celebrating Life
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
Through a chromatic palette resonating with the ancestral vitality of the Andean spirit, the work intertwines organic forms, mythic figures, and energizing hues to evoke an essential truth: life is not merely a passage—it is celebrated.
With Ultramarine and Cobalt Fur
Acrylic | 100cm × 240cm
Certain bonds transcend time. Shrouded in deep ultramarine and cobalt tones, this work pays tribute to pure loyalty: that which is forged day by day and endures intact even when all else seems to end.
Rest Belongs Neither to You Nor to Me
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Resting upon an illuminated yellow armchair, this painting explores the sacred pause of the body after giving everything in pursuit of its purpose. By releasing negativity and surrendering to quiet stillness, the canvas becomes a mystical symbol.
Inventing Mistakes
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
A visual tribute to resilience, unyielding faith in one’s intuition, and the courage to venture forward. It honors the stumbles along the way that rekindle the resolve to begin anew.
Children of Water
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
A poignant homage to temperance, endurance, and protective instinct. Children of Water honors those who inhabit untamed territories, withstanding unforgiving cold and piercing highland humidity.
The Night Also Dawns
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
A captivating ode to frenzy, seduction, and the boundless joy of communal feast. It captures that suspended moment in time where song and dance transmute the evening into a golden celebration.
Brass Musicians
In the Aymara worldview, the artist does not stand alone; there is a community dancing, singing, and honoring in unison the agricultural cycle, life, and the memory of departed souls.
Brass Musicians
Acrylic | 100cm × 240cm
Monumental diptych where human figures, Andean fauna, and wind instruments intertwine into a single collective body, echoing notes of a song rooted in the earth.
I Love You in Secret
Acrylic | 93cm × 123cm
A portrait of loves that grazed desire yet never found certainty. A tribute to the brave who sang with an out-of-tune heart and to the poignant beauty of what could never be.
The Violin Ripper
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
Hands bleeding conviction, fingers executing dissonance with surgical mastery, transmuting what many dismiss as mere noise into the architecture of a new sonic dimension.
Our Language
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The sanctuary of creation. The silent complicity of those who shared the road, tours, and wear of an itinerant life. Limbs and instrument timbers almost blur into one.
Cobalt Skin
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The warm-toned armchair stands as a familiar sentinel where the figure rests weightless amid memories. Clasped against the chest, the guitar is the confidante of every silence.
Doral
Acrylic | 122cm × 92cm
That electric blue evokes the Atlantic rolling around the sanctuary. Doral was not a final destination, but a springboard for conquering new realms on the international canvas.
Regal Claws of Death
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The snare of beauty and color. The canvas bursts with pinks, saturated greens, and intense reds: a chromatic feast acting as the perfect decoy for the inevitable.
Don Mario
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The celebration of homecoming and movement. That radiant burst of yellow at the core of the canvas embodies the spirit of Don Mario: a man aglow with fulfillment after completing his duty.
The Song of the Alfeñique
“Whoever enters this school never truly leaves.” Praise and honor to the Colegio Nacional de la Independencia Americana. Chords born from the wind sweeping past Mount Misti.
The Song of the Alfeñique
Acrylic | 93cm × 123cm
Guitar in hand and heart brimming with nostalgia, I do nothing more than voice the wisdom bestowed upon me there. I cast my gaze back to the cradle of my finest years.
Impossible Sunflowers
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
This floral arrangement defies reality and its logic: a cluster of impossible sunflowers poured onto canvas to harbor every joy once dreamed of that never came to pass.
Frenzy
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Frenzy captures that sacred and profane instant: the musician’s body twisting upon itself as melodies unfold to the pulse of the Andean celebration.
Dance of the Winds
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
In the highlands of Juliaca, the wind does not merely blow: it claims the land. A vortex of brushwork, shadows, and blue hues honoring the majesty of wild, untamed nature.
Music of the Wind
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The guitar embraces nocturnal bird flight beneath the serene gaze of the moon and guardian spirits of the earth. For music does not merely mirror human mood; it is the calligraphy of the soul.
The Disguise
Acrylic | 150cm × 110cm
Dancers turn to the festive mask to quiet shyness and rise above the crowd. An instrument of resistance: the sacred and worldly artifact through which timidity outwits fear.
Cobalt Sunflowers
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The dark centers of the blossom pulse like watchful pupils conversing in silence with the viewer, while dense, magnetic blue petals unfurl across space like welcoming arms.
May Joy Be with Me
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
Recreating the unrestrained whirl of a chair swing carousel where childhood yielded to laughter, wind, and vertigo. It captures the thrill of soaring high alongside the bittersweet realization that all celebration is ephemeral.
The Family
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
In The Family, fidelity manifests through a canine pair gazing at the earth in reverence and mystery, discerning the unfolding path of their kinship before the birth of an offspring.
Le Baiser
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
Capturing the essence of an eternal, consecrated kiss: that intimate refuge where none exist save the lovers. The explosion of color proclaims the pure joy of loving and being loved.
I Ignore It and Pursue It
Before need, there is the gaze. Before the strike, the riddle. Survival is not taught through rigid severity, but through the poetry of conjecture and feline play.
I Ignore It and Pursue It
Acrylic | 100cm × 240cm
A mother feline guides her offspring in decoding the living world: demonstrating that nourishment is not seized by force, but through the subtle acumen of one who reads shadows.
Fiesta Carmelo
Acrylic | 180cm × 500cm
Measuring an imposing five meters in width, this triptych unveils the opulent realm of the Karisiri: an archetype of excess and fascination where beauty, carnal desire, and ancestral wealth converge.
New York Without December
Acrylic | 180cm × 300cm
A vibrant visual map marking the artist's arrival to stand before the global stage. The metropolis merges with playing cards and tactile textures, evoking fate and the existential wager of painting in the art capital.
Carrying Life on One's Back
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The solitary figure carries across its back the accumulated weight of decades: dreams, disillusions, and resilient perseverance. Hoisting the bundle onto the shoulder and continuing onward.
The Last Shadow
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The transition from receiving shelter to becoming the one who provides sanctuary carries tenderness and profound maturity. It charts the rite of passage into safeguarding others.
Blue Landscape
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The secret workshop where all winds of the earth are born. Amid quiet shadows and enveloping matter, these organic contours weave a sacred nest where newborn lives find shelter.
In My Enchanting Eyes, You
The unspoken language of reunion. Bodies merge in embrace where shared gazes and intimate presence distill the enduring spirit of Andean devotion.
In My Enchanting Eyes, You
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
There is a silent incantation in how their eyes meet and address the viewer: a ritual magnetism whereby the cosmos condenses into the reflection of the beloved.
To Love and To Cherish
Acrylic | 123cm × 93cm
The female figure, gently leaning back into the man’s arms, embodies the trusting surrender of one who embarks on the path of shared joy without reservation.
Stay by My Side
Acrylic | 123cm × 93cm
Upon the canvas, the plea never to part and the sacred commitment to choose one another forever are rendered in a transcendent embrace imbued with tenderness.
Mythological Stance
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Its horizontal back forms a protective canopy, an unwavering shelter shielding those beneath from highland tempests, projecting a refined yet indestructible presence.
The Red House
Acrylic | 100cm × 360cm
Panoramic composition unfolding as a sanctuary of healing. The ancestral Andean memory of raxtaña bestows upon the canvas the aura of living alchemy: transmuting sorrow into vital force.
Waters of Oblivion
Acrylic | 120cm × 200cm
Transmuting grief over extinction into a luminous tribute: a requiem for the ancestral silhouettes and ancient creatures that once traversed the earth.
The Most Urgent Journey
Acrylic | 92cm × 244cm
The blue steed conveys the unyielding resolve of one who charges into the unknown without hesitation, guided by intuition toward an uncharted horizon.
Guardian of the Sea
Acrylic | 100cm × 240cm
The composition evokes a watchful sentinel rising between cresting waves and horizon, guarding the marine life, secrets, and immensity dwelling in the ocean depths.
A Solemn Tata Inti
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The radiating limbs of the sacred Sun Father (Tata Inti) reach outward to nurture, embrace, and shelter his children along the sovereign journey of the Andean celestial orb.
Rapture at Sea
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The surging force of ocean swells transformed into a metaphor for overwhelming passion that claims the soul entirely. Myth and unrestrained love amid ocean currents.
Woman
Acrylic | 100cm × 100cm
Feminine power and stillness distilled into a balanced square format. Volumetric forms emerge as an emblem of fecundity, mystery, and sacred presence.
Making Music Until We Fade Away
Before the inevitable, haste gives way to profound gratitude; creative expression turns into a devotional homage to the path traveled.
Making Music Until We Fade Away
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Music ceases to be an ephemeral diversion, becoming the sole act of true meaning: engraving onto the wood of our instruments every story worth experiencing.
Restless Womb
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The genesis of life taking shape within the womb of the Andean mother. A subtle, vital stirring heralding the arrival of a new soul.
Living in Moon Eyes
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The horned masquerader embodies the spirit of the night: that nocturnal presence rejoicing in dance, companionship, and bohemian warmth beneath the lunar mantle.
My Sweet, Celestial Daughter
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
In her lap, the child rests assured that life is sustained. The maternal figure rises monumentally: gentleness clad in unyielding fortitude.
Lulling the Night to Sleep
Acrylic | 100cm × 70cm
Like a shaman of nocturnal repose, this figure extends its presence to pacify the dark hours and cradle worldly weariness, commanding rainclouds to part.
Heroic Mother with Flowers
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
A heartfelt declaration to her who gave all so that her lineage might blossom. Translucent flowers emanate as an aromatic offering of filial devotion.
Watchful Mother
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The maternal presence acts as an invisible compass: granting the freedom required to explore the world while holding sanctuary and safe boundaries ever within reach.
Spring of Joys
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Honoring childhood as the origin of unadorned joy. Flying fish and a white stairway bridge earthly ground with imagination in perpetual play.
Red Sea
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
A sea of Andean passion sculpted in vermilions and carmines. A vital surge of emotion rousing stillness and affirming the passion of human existence.
Lush Skin of the Mother
Acrylic on canvas | Gallery dimensions
Every dimension of her body is a terrain inhabited by love. It pays homage to a maternal presence whose mere proximity turns the weight of the world into steadfast peace.
Music Without Saturdays or Sundays
In the Aymara worldview, music and verse recognize neither calendars nor pauses. They were born united to sweep across mountain passes and dwellings with a single breath.
Music Without Saturdays or Sundays
Acrylic | 100cm × 240cm
Monumental diptych wherein a ceremonial troupe of players, brass instruments, and sacred birds takes form against a glowing yellow ground. Art as vital impulse.
Repentant Musician
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The artist's deepest heartache lies in the gulf between inner feeling and what is translated onto canvas. The vulnerability of the creator confronting his own standards under a pale moon.
Voice of the Soloist
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
The solitary tone opening the festivity and summoning the congregation. An unbridled melody breaking the crystalline silence of the Andean cordillera.
Your Dynasty and Your Darkness
Acrylic | 100cm × 300cm
A three-meter monumental tribute to the Lord of the Miracles procession. A sea of purple silhouettes bears the sacred litter aloft on popular devotion.
Lush Autumn Blue
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
On the high plains, cold is not merely a temperature; it is a living presence. This work honors the endurance of Puno’s dwellers, who coexist with freezing winds in steadfast dignity.
Inventing Mistakes
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Mastery is not the absence of mistakes, but their accrued wisdom. Hands intertwining with moons represent the unflagging tenacity of one who tries again and again.
Dog with a Blue Bark
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
Paying homage to that frosty bark echoing down dry ravines; a heralded sound marking the coming of seasonal rains and fertile soil.
Gopi
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
Homage to the studio’s incorruptible sentinel. Guarding the master’s creative secrets while commanding affection, sealing the quiet bond between painter and companion.
I Cannot Forget You
Word transfigures into sound, and musical cadence restores meaning to memory: the beloved woman stands as the anchor of the Andean acoustic realm.
I Cannot Forget You
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
A visual rendering of affection in its unadulterated state. Imbued with longing for the beloved, transmuting nostalgia into living presence through color and form.
Night in the Shape of a Guitar
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
The instrument appears as a sentinel with its own visage; contours holding the resonance necessary to express what lies in the depths of the spirit.
The Musician
Acrylic | 92cm × 122cm
His hands give voice to birth, planting, departure, and dialogue with nature. Rather than merely playing notes, this guardian shapes social history into poetic beauty.
The Health of History
Acrylic (Diptych) | 150cm × 450cm
Monumental 4.5-meter diptych charting the history of healing in Peru: from the deity Wiracocha and ancestral medicine to artificial intelligence and historical Peruvian medical pioneers.
The Complete Song
Acrylic | 100cm × 120 cm
In the highlands, the Aymara people do not merely endure: they sing and dance. Song is the living channel through which sorrow is held and earthly triumph is honored.
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