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Tempest in rawlings room (come in out of the darkness)

By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/abigailvillarroel" title="Abigail Villarroel" class="inline font-bold underline transition-opacity duration-100 hover:opacity-50 focus:opacity-50"> Abigail Villarroel </a> 2026

inspired by current studies in painting and portraiture. one of the biggest self portraits i’ve ever done.
 

Screenshot 2026 03 11 at 00 18 40 1773233782 Abigail Villarroel

Vaca mariposa sobre llanos perdidos / Butterfly cow over lost plains,

Francisco en La Carraca (after Arturo Michelena’s Miranda en La Carraca, 1896) (2025)

lapa ii - cave of lovers

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