This is a photograph of a photograph of a new Mateo Romero painting

from his “Rain Series”. He actually sent me a (better) photo of his young son Rain (no coincidence) holding the painting, a work of paint on panel, about 6″ x 8″. I also today (coincidentally, I think) saw reference to an “Indian” painting by a German artist named Rainer Fetting, that was in an old 1986 Sotheby’s catalog I bought for two zuzim at Know Knew Books.

The actual painting depicts an Eagle Dancer.

detail of Mateo Romero "Rain Series" paint on panel, Feb. 2011

edit to add: I have to admit that at first glance, via a jpeg, I thought Mateo had depicted a man pulling his freshly fired pots out of the ground. Meanwhile, my mom thought it was a man petting his dog. For reference sake, here is a video of some actual Eagle Dancers. (I should post a better version of Mateo’s painting):