{"id":2242,"date":"2015-06-18T10:11:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T10:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/?p=9590"},"modified":"2022-12-12T13:59:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:59:36","slug":"amliv-sotomayor-women-with-eyes-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/amliv-sotomayor-women-with-eyes-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Amliv Sotomayor: Women with Eyes Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amliv is living and working among us here in Miami. The Cuban artist (who, according to her bio &#8220;eats her rice and beans regularly&#8221;) creates delicate and ethereal imagery &#8211; it&#8217;s hard to place the images within a city so much the opposite. Not only do I admire Amliv for her skill with graphite, but the imaginative nature of her images is also to be revered. As someone who at times relies heavily on source photographs, I&#8217;m in awe of the emotion and precision portrayed in these fantastical scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Santer_a_l.jpg\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I see Amliv&#8217;s images and wonder about the story behind the characters and their interactions. What relationship does the artist see between these women and beasts? Almost all of Amliv&#8217;s drawings of women show them with their eyes closed. I feel as if these women are completely engulfed in their personal experience, whether it be transformation, grandeur, dream, or sleep. It\u2019s a beautiful and strange effect, and it is executed with such grace.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Maravilla_l.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Transformaci_n_III_l.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sleep_l.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Transformaci_n_Part_1_l.jpg\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amliv is a Cuban artist who creates delicate and ethereal imagery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":9589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3953],"tags":[1826,3309,3310,2639,2190,2220],"views":277,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214.jpg",479,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214-240x300.jpg",240,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214.jpg",479,600,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214.jpg",479,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214.jpg",479,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06182015100758333214.jpg",479,600,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Emily Joynton","author_link":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/author\/emily-joynton\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Amliv is a Cuban artist who creates delicate and ethereal imagery","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16697,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions\/16697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doodlersanonymous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}