Fred Thomas 60"x40" Korn Lanbi (Conch) 2018 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #12CFT Artists/Valcin Oswald except for a minor scratch

except for a minor scratch by the signature

Wah's elongated figures

à l'abstraction ou à des objets relatifs à mon milieu culturel

known as ARIJAC

notably in a permanent exhibit at the Antillas Gallery in San Juan with Angel Botello Barros

Fred Thomas 60"x40" Korn Lanbi (Conch) 2018 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #12CFT Artists/Valcin Oswald except for a minor scratchFred Thomas's description of the painting: "The Conch Shell, Korn lanai, depicts the beauty, historical significance, and supposed aphrodisiac values of the shell. It is a musical instrument used in the past by the revolted slaves, ng mawon, for long distance communication. Conch, Lanbi, is also valued as seafood. Furthermore, I use laces as collages to suggest the mollusk's purported aphrodisiac properties. Combining all those shapes, pastel colors,