Oscar Cuadros.

Wellcome to my peruvian andean view.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Walking on the street



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 16 x 12 1/4 Inches
Status: SOLD

A typical scene in a typical Peruvian quiet street, it's the middle of the morning the sun is up and she is coming back from the market, may be she will go first to the little church that we can see in the back of the town, they are a very religious people, and usually the pray for a good day and the security for their family.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

And now, What I will do?



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 10 x 13 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: SOLD

The uncertainty, some times in the life there is the question: And now, What I will do?, that is the expression I want to reflect in this Andean character, She is young girl, but the striped blanket is a sign that she is a mother, it make feel her uncertainty.

After sowing



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 300 US$

This is a landscape who shows the season after sawing, the little farm in front is empty, the corn has been harvested and the people who lives in this houses now is selling the corn in the markets, mean while here we can feel the quiet in the air, The next rainy season is near and the next sow season too.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Farm's House



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 16 x 12 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 300 US$

A house in the middle of the farm, where the Peruvian farmers come back after a hard day of work, where they keep their animals, the tree's shadow give a sensation of fresh to the road, who takes to the next town.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Chicherias



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 150 US$

A typical Andean street, where we found "Chicherias", the "Chicherias" are the doors with a stick and a kind of red flag at the end of it, It's also a place where the Andean people found a Special drink named "chicha", it's made of corn, this "chicha" is a alcoholic drink, then "Chicherias" can be taken like a Andean bar.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Rayaniyoc entrance



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 150 US$

Rayaniyoc, a town hidden between the Andean landscapes, a place where you can forget the rest of the world, where the kids play on the ground, and the villagers only leave their town to take care their animals who graze on the fields.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Abandoned house



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 150 US$

Some times the life becomes hard, and as everybody the Andean people takes the decision of look for a better life, leaving their house which the pass of the time become a picturesque part of the landscape.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Village on the bank



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 350 US$

In all the Andean zone, the little villages near to the rivers are so common, it's a advantage to this villagers, they use the water and go to fish all in front of their house.

Monday, August 2, 2010

A happy moment



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 15 1/4 x 11 1/4 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 350 US$

The happiness is fleeting to all the people around the world, but the Andean people know how to value this moments expressing it as long as it's possible.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Lamay town



Technique: Oil on canvas
Size: 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 450 US$

Lamay is another town located in Sacred Valley - Cusco, between the mountains and the Vilcanota river, this quiet place, is one of the littlest towns of the valley, and also the peaceful one.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Shopping



Technique: Tempera
Size:13 3/4 x 9 3/4 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 100 US$

Shopping is an usual activity of the Peruvian woman, as in other activities we can found that she takes her baby in his back in a special blanket, in her hand we can see the usual shopping bag, she is ready to buy the necessary for the home cooking of today.

Little bridge



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 150 US$

Groups of houses and people who lives isolated in the Andean mountains are very common, usually his only way of communication is a little bridge that leads to a road, by this little bridge this people get important resources to live.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Road to Cruzpata



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 150 US$

After a long walk in a quiet road bounded of beauty landscapes, finally we are arriving to Cruzpata town, and the first houses are visible, were we will found the friendly people of the town.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Pomata's Road



Technique: Oil on canvas
Size: 21 1/2 x 16 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 600 US$

This Oil is the inspiration of the first time I arrive to Pomata Town, It's for me the most beautiful town of the high Andean plateau, located in the shore of the Titicaca lake, It's the magical place where I knew my wife.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Tired old woman



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 250 US$

The Peruvians country people are persons who works their whole life, the tasks change with the ages, in the case of women they works taking care of the child, helping in the farm and cooking, but when they get old, they become in wise adviser, and cook helpers.

Corao Village



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 150 US$

Corao Village, is located in the highlands of Cusco, at 3700m is one of the towns we found between Cusco and the Sacred Valley, his main activity is the farming and the sale of typical craft, It's a very quiet place in the mountains.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Andean Woman



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 14 1/2 x 12 1/4 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 300 US$

The Andean woman's strength and high determination make her a woman whit the capacity of realize any work, for help to his family, all this without losing her natural beauty.

Queñuani



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 20 x 13 1/2 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 350 US$

Queñuani is a little town located in Puno - Perú it's near to the Bolivia frontier, on Titicaca lake shore, Its altitude makes it an extreme place by the freeze, only Titicaca lake provides a certain protection during the nights expelling the heat accumulated in his waters during the day.
It's a place of extremes and also extreme beauty.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Vilcanota River




Technique: Oil on Canvas
Size: 26 x 20 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 700 US$

The principal river of the sacred valley on Cusco, a source of water, food, life for the villagers and beauty to this great landscape.

Andean Couple



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 14 x 12 1/4 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 250 US$

The Andean marriage, a couple where the women and men works shoulder to shoulder for support a family and give them a better life.

Typical Street



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 21 x 15 1/2 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 400 US$

Typical Andean street, of town in the middle of the mountains, where a little torrent of water is gift of the mountains to this people.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Blue Peruvian Farmer



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 13 x 10 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: 250 US$

This portrait is inspired in the Peruvian man and his hard life as a farmer in the Andean zone, where he works to support his family.

Pinchollo's Church




Technique: Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 Inches
Status: For sale
Price: Sold


Church of a little town named Pinchollo, this town is located in the Highlands of Arequipa department (Perú) it's one of the towns near to the famous Colca Canyon.
The exact construction date is unknown, the experts believes it can be constructed between the end of XVIII Century and beginnings of the XIX century.

Prints of this painting now available on:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pinchollo-oscar-cuadros.html

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Daybreak




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2
Status: SOLD

Landscape of a street in the little town of Coya located in the Sacred valley - Cusco - Peru, this are one of the first lights on the morning, but the people of this kind of towns are working hours before the sun arrival

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The river on the Valley




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 16 x 12 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 300 US$

A cloudy afternoon in Vicanota river on the Sacred valley, This two elements make a wonderful composition of beauty to give us a stunning landscape.

Lares' Street



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 17 1/4 x 13 1/4
Status: For sale
Price: 350 US$

Lares a lost town between the Andean mountains, only knew for his natural thermal waters, it's a place where you can feel a change in the weather for his location in the middle of the highlands and the Peruvian jungle

Street at the morning




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 16 x 22 "
Status: For Sale
Price: 400 US$

A typical Peruvian Andean street, also located in Coya a town in the Sacred Valley of Cusco – Perú.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Native




Technique: Pastel
Size: 14 x 12 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 350 US$

The Peruvian woman is an important part of the Peruvian family, she is the central point of the familiar union.

River and Mountain




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 19 x 13 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 400 US$

Vilcanota River and one of the most beautiful mountains of the Sacred Valley in Cusco, where we can see the Calca's bridge and part of the Calca's town.

Young




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 Inches
Status: SOLD

A young Peruvian, working like a big number of Peruvians youths, in his eyes we can see his dreams, hopes and desire for live.

Zepita Town



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 19 x 13 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 500 US$

Zepita is a town located in Puno - Peru, near to the frontier with Bolivia, and in the bank of Titicaca Lake, as all the towns of the zone they have a extreme weather for his altitude.

Mother and daughter



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12.5 x 9.5 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 250 US$

A topical Peruvian mother, as many other mothers she works and takes his little daughter in the back as a traditional custom in the Andean zone.

Lampa's Church




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 19 x 13 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 500 US$

The town of Lampa is located in the department of Puno – Perú, his church was constructed between the years 1675 and 1685 it’s consider a national monument.

Farmer





Technique: Watercolor
Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 250 US$

The life of Peruvian farmers is definitely hard, but this people smiles anyway.

Calca's Street




Technique: Watercolor
Size: 20 x 14 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 350 US$

This is the street where I live now, it's a quiet morning in Calca.

Father and Son



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 13 x 10 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 250 US$

Two generations of Peruvian farmer father and son, where the first character is the young son, and the man with the hat is the father.

Landscape Lake ( Huaipo)



Technique: Watercolor
Size: 19 x 13 Inches
Status: For Sale
Price: 500 US$

Prints of this painting now available on:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/huaipo-oscar-cuadros.html

Huaipo, is a Lagoon located in Cusco department (Perú) the little town who is in the shore is named Cruspata, whose economy depends of Huaipo lagoon.