"Polimita de mares"
18" x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Cubana 2"
24"x 18" Acrylic on Canvas
POLIMITA SERIES
"Polimita 10"
11"x 14" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"POLIMITA 2"
30"x24" Oil on Canvas
"POLIMITA 6"
48"x 36" Oil on Canvas
"Polimita Amor"
24"x 18" Acrylic on Canvas
"POLIMITA 3"
30"x24" Oil on Canvas
Considered by many experts as the most beautiful land snail in the planet, its exclusive quality lies in its unique polychrome shells. The very name of these snails describes this special and distinctive feature: the word polymita is formed from two Greek roots—“poly” which means many and “mitos” which means thread or stripes.
The beautiful perfect lines come in many colours, except blue. Legend has it that a beautiful Indian girl was loved by an Indian cacique or chief and in order to win her love and not having pearls or diamonds to give her, he set out one day to capture the yellow of the sun, the green of the meadows, the brown of the mountains, the pink of flowers, the white of the foam at the crest of the waves…but night caught him unawares and he was not able to capture the blue of the sky, being satisfied with securing the black of night. This is why there are no shades of blue in polymitas.
Polymita species exhibit shades of red, purple, lilac, pink, yellow, orange, brown, green, white, black, gold, ochre and terra-cotta, among others. One of the most beautiful images of our natural landscape is a tree with hundreds of polymitas resting on its trunk. During prolonged drought, these land snail form colonies where they aestivate very close to one another.
Although most polymita shells have brilliantly coloured stripes, some are almost monochromatic with faint lines of the same colour. Their perfect spirals are reminiscent of nature’s most mysterious phenomena—the rainbow, sea waves, tornadoes, clouds…
which remind me the mystic and the spirit of the Cuban Ladies...
Roberto Garcia Marquez
"Polimita 12"
11"x 14" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"POLIMITA"
48"x36" Oil on Canvas
"Polimita with Flowers"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita with Orange Flowers"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita de mañana"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Divina"
53"x 67" Mix media, pigments and embroidery on canvas
"Polimita with flowers 2"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Islander"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Romance"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita 9"
12"x 16" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita with Flowers"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita in Red 2"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Cuban Polimita"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Jardin"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita with Hibiscus"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"POLIMITA PARA SIEMPRE"
48"x36" Oil on Canvas
"Polimita con sombrero"
18 x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita con Paloma"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita con flores"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Green"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita 7"
12"x 16" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita 11"
11"x 14" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita 13"
11"x 14" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"SMELL THE FLOWERS"
28"x 22" Oil on Canvas
"POLIMITA DE MAR"
26"x22" Oil on Canvas
"Polimita Sentimental"
12"x 16" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita Rosalinda"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Nostalgia"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"POLIMITA CUBANA 1"
48"x36" Oil on Canvas
"POLIMITA 4"
24"x 18" Oil on Canvas
"Polimita Dancer"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita 8"
12"x 16" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita Azùl (Blue)"
18 x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita the night Dancer"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita in Yellow"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita with red"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Desnuda"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
ROBERTO GARCIA MARQUEZ
"Polimita Brava"
12"x 16" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita con Paloma"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita de flores"
12"x 16" Mix Media & pigments on Canvas
"Polimita Siboney"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"Polimita Rosario"
18"x 11" Acrylic on Canvas
"POLIMITA VERDE"
26"x22" Oil on Canvas