Homage to O`Keefe 2 - Oil on Canvas 16'' x 16'' With her paintings that are vividly allegorical in nature, lCUEVAS deliberately blurs superficial distinctions between skin, flora and stone, and generates a holistic sensibility which speaks of an artistic intensity and deep commitment to sensory experiences. lCUEVAS also develops a narrative strategy in her work, and her composition regularly points to larger metaphorical issues. Her concerns are informed by her parochial elementary school upbringing in addition to her personal, philosophical and aesthetic explorations. One theme that she explores is the mythology of humankind's fall from grace and expulsion from the Garden of Eden, for which the biblical character Eve was unfairly blamed. As a result, the visually lush shapes of fruit, forbidden or not, figure largely in her works.
lCUEVAS' brushwork is confident and free, yet also disciplined, which matches her strong composition and skilled arrangement of forms. Like Georgia O'Keefe, lCUEVAS uses the natural world as a starting point through which to put forth her aesthetic and personal ideas.

The outlines embedded in leaves are visually echoed in the shadows that might be playing upon skin or rock. In this way, lCUEVAS reveals the universality of patterns in both the organic and inorganic, and she embraces the beauty inherent in the natural world, from flowers to stones to water, as well as the wide range of human desires and ideals.

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