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  • A rooster with NYC in the background
    A rooster with NYC in the backgroundA rooster with NYC in the background

    Oracle Rooster

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    A rooster with NYC in the background
    A rooster with NYC in the background
    Oracle Rooster
    The Rooster Oracle (2025) is an homage to the rooster as a mythic herald straddling day and night, tradition and transformation. Against the skyline of New York City, the creature’s iridescent feathers shimmer with Caribbean heat—emerald, copper, and indigo—while its gaze fixes toward a rising moon. In Caribbean and Latin American folklore, the rooster is both guardian and messenger, crowing at thresholds between worlds. Here, it becomes an emblem of diasporic rhythm and survival: an ancestral clock reminding urban life of its rural pulse. The hybrid body—part bird, part scaled creature—symbolizes the layered identities of migration, faith, and cultural inheritance.

    Dimensions: 12 in x 16 in. Original artwork on archival premium paper &  canvas glicee

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  • A couple entangled in one body with the head of a lizard. They are in the Frog position of the Kama Sutra
    A couple entangled in one body with the head of a lizard. They are in the Frog position of the Kama SutraKama-Lizard

    Kama-Lizard

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    A couple entangled in one body with the head of a lizard. They are in the Frog position of the Kama Sutra
    Kama-Lizard
    Kama-Lizard (2025) fuses eroticism and contemplation through a hybrid body reclaiming sensuality as wisdom. The entwined figures challenge patriarchal shame around female pleasure, positioning the lizard as philosopher rather than primitive. Within Caribbean feminist cosmologies, desire becomes resistance—a sacred intelligence bridging body, instinct, and spiritual sovereignty.
    Dimensions: 12 in x 16 in. Original artwork – Watercolor on canvas paper
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  • surreal layered painting with a large glowing moon above two animal heads, a New York City skyline across a river in the middle, and below, toy-like animals, a doll, and a green parrot arranged on a wooden surface. The composition blends cosmic, urban, and childhood imagery.

    We Were Animals Once

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    surreal layered painting with a large glowing moon above two animal heads, a New York City skyline across a river in the middle, and below, toy-like animals, a doll, and a green parrot arranged on a wooden surface. The composition blends cosmic, urban, and childhood imagery.
    We Were Animals Once
    We Were Animals Once (2025). This is a piece that envisions the layered realities of memory, culture, and place. Animals are our first toys (at least for some of us children of the 80’s) and memories of these tiny plastic tokens in the shape of animals that at that age we consider dangerous, but in playtime they become our friends. In the process they shape our personality into being separate from the animal, and denying or failing to see we are also animals. Because we are tiny  we are larger and in control of the animal now shrunk into a toy. This piece reflects directly on the sense Beneath a vast moon that glows like a cosmic guardian, toy animals and a child’s doll gather before the skyline of Queens, New York. A parrot—emblem of migration and survival—watches over this surreal assembly, carrying Caribbean memory into the urban landscape. The painting bridges the intimacy of childhood with the complexity of adult identity, recalling a time when small plastic animals became our first companions. Through play, we learned dominance and tenderness, forgetting that we too are animals. The layered composition—part dream, part recollection—merges nostalgia, diaspora, and ecological awareness. The toys, both fragile and eternal, speak to the persistence of imagination, the separation from innocence, and the universality of play. In the end, the work reminds us that our earliest understanding of kinship began with creatures, real and imagined, who continue to shape the stories of who we are. Childhood never leaves us, yet we become separate from it as adults. But in the end, as in the beginning, we all play with the same toys.
    Dimensions: 48 in x 54 in. Original artwork painting. oil on canvas, some mixed media. 
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    DISCLAIMER: All Paintings and images here are original artworks, property of this website, copyrighted and owned by Loli Mari Montalvo. Arcrylis. oils and/or mixed media are realized on canvas, linen, masonite and other materials (acrylic glass, wood, and metal) All digital works are also the property of the artist and are available for sale. This collection of artworks is meticulously printed with archival inks for lasting vibrancy. I work with a printer and we use fade-resistant, pigmented inks offer superior color range, favored by fine art and photography enthusiasts worldwide. We also provide Archival Premium Paper, and other professional-grade fine art and photo papers to choose from, so the prints resist yellowing and aging, ensuring longevity and quality.
    Prints: Each project’s unique details are provided upon the purchase transaction. Then you can choose from preferred sizes or customize up to 40×60 inches. In addition to paper, we offer printing on acrylic glass, wood, and metal—providing versatile options to suit any space or style. Discover the difference of archival ink printing on premium materials—elevate your surroundings with timeless artworks today.  This print comes out in stunning color!
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  • Vegigante de Visita – a bold Puerto Rican-inspired painting of a vejigante mask bursting with vibrant reds, yellows, and greens. The folkloric figure with long white horns appears alive against a shimmering city skyline, celebrating Afro-Caribbean tradition, resilience, and cultural pride.
    Framed vejigante mask painting in vibrant colors displayed on a modern interior wall
    Vegigante de Visita – a bold Puerto Rican-inspired painting of a vejigante mask bursting with vibrant reds, yellows, and greens. The folkloric figure with long white horns appears alive against a shimmering city skyline, celebrating Afro-Caribbean tradition, resilience, and cultural pride.Vegigante de Visita – a bold Puerto Rican-inspired painting of a vejigante mask bursting with vibrant reds, yellows, and greens. The folkloric figure with long white horns appears alive against a shimmering city skyline, celebrating Afro-Caribbean tradition, resilience, and cultural pride.

    Vegigante Visiting

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    Vegigante de Visita – a bold Puerto Rican-inspired painting of a vejigante mask bursting with vibrant reds, yellows, and greens. The folkloric figure with long white horns appears alive against a shimmering city skyline, celebrating Afro-Caribbean tradition, resilience, and cultural pride.
    Vegigante de Visita – a bold Puerto Rican-inspired painting of a vejigante mask bursting with vibrant reds, yellows, and greens. The folkloric figure with long white horns appears alive against a shimmering city skyline, celebrating Afro-Caribbean tradition, resilience, and cultural pride.Framed vejigante mask painting in vibrant colors displayed on a modern interior wall
    Vegigante Visiting
    Vegigante Visiting  (2025) re-imagines the Puerto Rican Vejigante as a matriarchal force of transformation. Its radiant horns and feathers reclaim feminine power through ancestral spectacle. Confronting colonial modernity, the figure asserts Afro-Taíno resilience and female agency—turning carnival into resistance, visibility, and joy. A feminist spirit dances through color and defiance.
    Dimensions: 30 in x 24 in. Original artwork painting. oil on canvas

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  • The Flatiron, a landmark of New York’s architectural modernity, becomes both stage and backdrop for this transposed festival spirit. Here, the vejigante does not merely arrive—it claims space, turning steel and stone avenues into a living canvas of rhythm, resistance, and celebration. The painting suggests that diasporic identity thrives through visibility: tradition and folklore are not lost in migration, but rather reinvented and made monumental against the skyline of the diaspora city.
    Framed vejigante mask painting with Flatiron Building displayed in a modern living room.
    The Flatiron, a landmark of New York’s architectural modernity, becomes both stage and backdrop for this transposed festival spirit. Here, the vejigante does not merely arrive—it claims space, turning steel and stone avenues into a living canvas of rhythm, resistance, and celebration. The painting suggests that diasporic identity thrives through visibility: tradition and folklore are not lost in migration, but rather reinvented and made monumental against the skyline of the diaspora city.
    The Flatiron, a landmark of New York’s architectural modernity, becomes both stage and backdrop for this transposed festival spirit. Here, the vejigante does not merely arrive—it claims space, turning steel and stone avenues into a living canvas of rhythm, resistance, and celebration. The painting suggests that diasporic identity thrives through visibility: tradition and folklore are not lost in migration, but rather reinvented and made monumental against the skyline of the diaspora city.Chicken Without a Head

    Chicken Without a Head

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    The Flatiron, a landmark of New York’s architectural modernity, becomes both stage and backdrop for this transposed festival spirit. Here, the vejigante does not merely arrive—it claims space, turning steel and stone avenues into a living canvas of rhythm, resistance, and celebration. The painting suggests that diasporic identity thrives through visibility: tradition and folklore are not lost in migration, but rather reinvented and made monumental against the skyline of the diaspora city.Framed vejigante mask painting with Flatiron Building displayed in a modern living room.The Flatiron, a landmark of New York’s architectural modernity, becomes both stage and backdrop for this transposed festival spirit. Here, the vejigante does not merely arrive—it claims space, turning steel and stone avenues into a living canvas of rhythm, resistance, and celebration. The painting suggests that diasporic identity thrives through visibility: tradition and folklore are not lost in migration, but rather reinvented and made monumental against the skyline of the diaspora city.
    Chicken Without a Head
    Chicken without a Head (Vegigante in Flatiron) (2025)
    Feeling like a chicken without a head is a common experience of those who first arrive to the city. This piece presents a vivid, surreal scene where a flamboyant chicken becomes a vejigante mask—painted in fiery reds, golds, and oranges. The head floats through an abstracted urban landscape of New York City. Feeling like a chicken without a head is a common experience of those who first arrive to the city. Buildings are massive and The Flatiron Building rises ghostlike in the background, its iconic triangular form softened by expressive brushstrokes of blue, lavender, and white. The contrast between the playful, horned mask and the monumental city architecture creates a vibrant collision of cultural iconography and modern urban space.
    This artwork embodies the dialogue between Puerto Rican tradition and the modern metropolis. The vejigante, a folkloric figure rooted in Afro-Caribbean, Spanish, and Taíno heritage, bursts into the New York streets with carnival intensity. Its horns pierce through the cool geometry of the city, symbolizing the persistence of cultural identity in spaces often marked by anonymity and erasure.
    The Flatiron, a landmark of New York’s architectural modernity, becomes both stage and backdrop for this transposed festival spirit. Here, the vejigante does not merely arrive—it claims space, turning steel and stone avenues into a living canvas of rhythm, resistance, and celebration. The painting suggests that diasporic identity thrives through visibility: tradition and folklore are not lost in migration, but rather reinvented and made monumental against the skyline of the diaspora city.
    Dimensions: 33 in x 48 in. Original artwork painting. Acrylic on canvas, some mixed media.
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  • A surreal painting featuring a large glowing anatomical heart in vivid reds, purples, and oranges at the center. A smiling woman with red hair emerges from behind the heart, raising one arm joyfully. Around her float dark spherical orbs a
    A surreal mixed-media painting of a large, glowing anatomical heart painted in vivid reds, oranges, and purples, filling the foreground. Emerging from behind the heart is a smiling woman with red hair, her arm raised in a joyful pose. The background features an abstract cityscape with dripping paint textures, while floating dark orbs drift across a turquoise sky. The overall effect blends the intensity of human emotion with urban and cosmic imagery.

    Abuela’s Heart

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    A surreal mixed-media painting of a large, glowing anatomical heart painted in vivid reds, oranges, and purples, filling the foreground. Emerging from behind the heart is a smiling woman with red hair, her arm raised in a joyful pose. The background features an abstract cityscape with dripping paint textures, while floating dark orbs drift across a turquoise sky. The overall effect blends the intensity of human emotion with urban and cosmic imagery.
    A surreal painting featuring a large glowing anatomical heart in vivid reds, purples, and oranges at the center. A smiling woman with red hair emerges from behind the heart, raising one arm joyfully. Around her float dark spherical orbs a
    Abuela’s Heart
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  • Las Tetas de Cayey 2024

    Las Tetas de Cayey 2024

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    Las Tetas de Cayey 2024
    Las Tetas de Cayey  2024. Digital Painting
    Puerto Rico is the perfect setting and stage for these works to encapsulate the essence of the island’s vibrant culture and stunning landscapes. Every canvas vibrates with Caribbean rhythm! With vivid brushstrokes and dynamic compositions, the intention is to transport you to the serene shores of this paradise!
    The scene is inspired on the morning lights over the mountains of Cayey and it’s iconic duo commonly known as las Tetas de Cayey.
    Dimensions: 36 in x 24 in 

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  • Birth of Caribbean Venus

    Birth of Caribbean Venus

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