Mexico Love Dance 4 Original Paintings with 18k Gold Leaf, "Golden Dance II - Love"

Beto Araluce takes his inspiration from classic religious writings for this beautiful set of paintings. He uses textures to describe the movements of a dance. "In the Buddhist texts, the name of God was always written in gold," he says. "In the old Koran texts, the name of God was always written in gold, as it was in high renaissance Catholic manuscripts. And all that said to be God is inside you, and this is love." Araluce works in mixed media on canvas, adding texture with sand and resins. He then applies a layer of 18k gold leaf.

Titled "Danza dorada II amor" in Spanish