Azane is a painting created by Ricardo Martínez Herrera | Riikc in his Brussels studio. Only ammonia compounds were used to paint this piece.

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"La Estrella" Oil painting based on the Mexican lotería card, and created from one of my first sculpture sketches

La Estrella — Oil painting on Canvas

This one is somewhat of a “full circle” painting for me. “La estrella” Back when I was a student in Mexico, I used to sketch this piece in my school notebooks. When I was young, the future was super uncertain, and I never saw myself as someone who had a lot of opportunities to even travel abroad or to even consider anything artistic as my...

Painting in progress — Portrait of Brandon Moreno as "el Valiente" from the mexican loteria cards.

Painting in Progress — Portrait of Brandon Moreno

This has been a painting in progress for TOO LONG. This post is a gentle reminder to myself that I need to finish this portrait and sell it pronto. As a part of my series on the Lotería, I’m using a zorn palette for the details on Brandon Moreno’s body, with an additional color palette for all of the details surrounding him. These details include the...

ts'onot — Bronze patina on canvas. Ricardo Martinez Herrera | Riikc — Private collection in Brussels, Belgium -

Ts’onot Bronze Patina Painting

Ts’onot is a painting made by Riikc entirely out of bronze patina on a canvas. It was sold to a private collector in Brussels, Belgium, shortly after an exposition at Place St. Bernard. This work is one in a series of bronze patina paintings which are now located in different collections worldwide. Ts’onot is a word that means underground body of water in...