Lucía Maya is Mexico's graphic artist par excellence. The pencil is her prime creative tool. Limiting herself only to the lithographic grease pencil, this Tapatía artist syncopates the sweeping range of lithographic tonalities--from velvet blacks to the most delicate nuances--with the expressive potential of fine white paper.

Poignant, realist illustrator, admittedly a disciple of Frida Kahlo, Maya has been strongly influenced by Carringtonian and Jungian dream structuring.

El elefante y la paloma
(The Elephant and the Dove)
1985

Las tres Fridas
(The Three Fridas)
1985

Sístole, Diástole
(Sistole and Diastole)
Diptych
1986

Vuelo inesperado
(Unexpected Flight)
1986