Ramiro Diaz

Artist + Ramiro Diaz

My artwork is about the connections that bring seemingly disparate worlds and ideas joyfully together. Animals and animalian humanoids appear frequently as whimsical characters. I feel a great connection to and influence from the world of dreams. Dreams are the mind’s way of processing and expressing intense emotions and experiences. These raw emotional connections seek to bring the viewer back to a place in childhood where the heart understood the world before the eye and mind did.

Growing up in Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when being well fed was a rare luxury, nature was my toybox. Death and decomposition were a part of daily life. I remember feeling an innocent curiosity about animals rotting in the dirt, seeing beauty in their bones as I saw beauty in the creature that had been alive not long before. When I moved to New Orleans, I felt a deep connection to the way death is celebrated here as a part of loving life. The music and spirit of the places I have lived have deeply influenced me as well, and my work is frequently imbued with this music that is like a spiritual pulse.

 

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Moon Moss
Stephen Rooney Painting
LOWER NINTH WARD
Stephen Rooney
"Hubig Pies and a Barq's"
John Turner Painting
SOUTH CARROLLTON
John Turner
Aftermath
Rebecca Birtel Madura Painting
UPTOWN
Rebecca Birtel Madura
Waiter/Waitress
Alexandra Kilburn Illustration / Painting
FRENCH QUARTER
Alexandra Kilburn
Scene from 'Alligator' (1980)
Thomas Deaton Painting
UPTOWN
Thomas Deaton
Terrance Strikes a Pose on Lafitte Street
Drew Cooke Mixed Media / Painting
UPTOWN
Drew Cooke
Pictures at an Exhibition
Stephanie Reed Painting
7TH WARD
Stephanie Reed
Watson 101 Print
Bruce Corona Drawing / Mixed Media / Painting
MID_CITY
Bruce Corona
Abstract #2
Toné Lowe Painting
Toné Lowe
Meeting Notes #185
Sean Clark Painting
Sean Clark
Summer Song
Anne McLeod Painting
Anne McLeod
Crab
Nancy Wolfe Kimberly Gator Girl Art
Painting
EAST CARROLLTON
Nancy Wolfe Kimberly
The Godfather of Soul
Lucille Anderson Lucille Blues
Painting
LOWER 9TH WARD
Lucille Anderson
Orgullo
MILAGROS Collective Painting
ALGIERS
MILAGROS Collective
Tomb of The Unknown Slave
Queen Hope Parker Queen Hope Poetic Art
Painting
Queen Hope Parker
Blue Notecard
Shelby Little Painting
SAINT ROCH
Shelby Little
Kermit Ruffins : BBQ swinger
Gabriel Flores New Orleans Paint and Design
Painting
RIVERBEND
Gabriel Flores
Hurricane Season homage to Trombone Shorty
George McClements Painting
BYWATER
George McClements
Land Before Time II
Leroy Miranda Jr. Painting
MARIGNY
Leroy Miranda Jr.
"Suyeni"
Brett Henderson Painting
MARIGNY
Brett Henderson
Limerita Angelica
Rayne Bories Painting
UPTOWN
Rayne Bories
Wildlife
Mary Singleton Painting
Mary Singleton
No Coasters Needed
Kristen Albrecht Mixed Media / Painting
Kristen Albrecht
Glissando
Connor McManus Mixed Media / Painting
UPTOWN
Connor McManus
Infinite Sadness
Jeremy Paten Mixed Media / Painting
UPTOWN
Jeremy Paten
Lenny
Lionel Milton Elleone
Painting
Lionel Milton
Mardi Gras Ball
Lee Morais Painting
Lee Morais
A Snowbird's Winter
Michael Eble Painting
LAFAYETTE
Michael Eble
Tylor and His Dog Lemon
Paige DeVries Painting
7TH WARD
Paige DeVries
Okra Farms: Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA
Miro Hoffmann Painting
Miro Hoffmann
Swamp Goddess Print
Saegan Swanson Painting
CENTRAL CITY
Saegan Swanson
Grey Green Ladder
Julie Silvers Julie Silvers Art
Painting
OLD METAIRIE
Julie Silvers
Close Encounter
Maddie Stratton Painting
TREME
Maddie Stratton
Fragility- Fine Art Print
Kate Hanrahan Illustration / Mixed Media / Painting
Kate Hanrahan
Golden Hour
Anne Blenker Painting
MARIGNY
Anne Blenker
Uptown Ruler
Nicole Ockmond Painting
Nicole Ockmond
Landscape Layers
Kat Ryalls Painting
BAYOU ST. JOHN
Kat Ryalls
Temperance (XIV)
Margaux Hymel Art by Gaux Gaux
Painting
GARDEN DISTRICT
Margaux Hymel
Touch of Magenta - Geode
Lori Sperier Mixed Media / Painting
COVINGTON
Lori Sperier
Red Cloud 12.01
George Dolgy Painting
BYWATER
George Dolgy
Awake Print on Cotton Paper
Josie Azuma Painting
UPTOWN
Josie Azuma
Blue Roots 1
Emma Fick Painting
Emma Fick
Alejandra
Katie Kut Painting
BYWATER
Katie Kut
Clouds Uplifting
Daryl D. Johnson Painting
BAYOU ST. JOHN
Daryl D. Johnson
Bicycle in the Marigny
Lyla Clayre Illustration / Painting
TREME / 7TH WARD
Lyla Clayre
Le Bon Temp Roule
Nurhan Gokturk Illustration / Painting
BYWATER/LOWER NINTH WARD
Nurhan Gokturk
Aggressive or Soft
Katie Yaquinto Painting
BROADMOOR
Katie Yaquinto
Shattered Shorty
Patrick Henry Victory Arts
Painting
SLIDELL
Patrick Henry
Dr. John: "The Night Tripper"
Max Bernardi Painting
Max Bernardi
Zulu Uptown
Sean Randall Painting
IRISH CHANNEL
Sean Randall
Unbroken Shadows
Blair Dupre Painting
Blair Dupre
Pink Cadillac
Cheryl Anne Grace Painting
UPTOWN
Cheryl Anne Grace
The Neighborhood
Ella Albrecht Painting
UPPER 9TH WARD
Ella Albrecht
LYRS
Gabrielle Tolliver Painting
Gabrielle Tolliver
Bird Watching
Ember Soberman Painting / Mixed Media
MID-CITY
Ember Soberman
"India"
Ceaux . Ceaux Artwork
Painting
UPTOWN
Ceaux .
Harley Baby
Rise Delmar Ochsner Painting
Rise Delmar Ochsner
Head to Toe
Kris Muntan Painting
NORTHSHORE
Kris Muntan
'Mono No Aware' Fine Art Print
Heather Bird Harris Painting
GENTILLY
Heather Bird Harris
Ascending Trees
Louise Guidry Encaustic / Monotype / Painting / Printmaking
Louise Guidry
Confluence of Emotions in a Field
Donald Fontenot Painting
MANDEVILLE
Donald Fontenot
Yugen - Archival Print of Mixed Media Abstract on Watercolor Paper
Rachel Rice-Baham Painting / Mixed Media
DENHAM SPRINGS
Rachel Rice-Baham
Science Mural
Brent Houzenga Painting
Brent Houzenga
The Blues
Darlene Langendonk Art Impressions
Painting
NORTH SHORE
Darlene Langendonk
Festival des Acadiens
Devin De Wulf Folk / Outsider Art / Painting / Photography
BYWATER
Devin De Wulf
Blushing Oyster Original Painting
Sarah Nelson Sarah Nelson Fine Art
Painting
BYWATER
Sarah Nelson
seen
Jessica Strahan JHand Paints
Painting
UPPER 9TH WARD
Jessica Strahan
High Tide
Debbie Boyd Painting
ALGIERS POINT
Debbie Boyd
Buddy Bolden
Connie Kittok Painting
UPTOWN
Connie Kittok
"The March"
Meghan Methe Painting
METARIE
Meghan Methe
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