Ximena Heraud

Egypt · Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas

Egipto

Paintings born of a journey to Egypt: Anubis, scarabs and the Eye of Horus rendered in flat silhouette and gold, finding common ground between Egyptian and Andean symbol-making.

Painting of a black jackal-headed Anubis silhouette against a cream and gold stepped-geometric ground, with a turquoise and gold column of Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols including an eye down the right edge.
Anubis Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Abstract painting in pink, white and gold with stepped fretwork patterns, a chimney-like bar of rectangles, a gold zigzag band and a gold half-disc.
Geometría rosa y oro Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Painting with rows of gold ankh symbols on blue at top and bottom framing a dense central band of concentric circles, triangles and a radiating starburst in gold, brown, blue and black.
Ankh Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Painting of a dark blue scarab beetle centered on an ochre-gold ground with green stepped shapes and silver ringed dots, enclosed by a blue, pink and white Egyptian border.
Escarabajo Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Painting of a brown pyramid enclosing a stylized face with gold headdress on a cream ground, flanked by gold serpent scrolls and bordered top and bottom by rows of black, white and gold figures in boats.
Rostro pirámide Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Painting on a deep blue ground with a central gold inverted trapezoid, gold zigzag band and large gold disc, flanked by vertical columns of Eye of Horus symbols and gold triangles.
Ojo de Horus Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Painting on a gold ground featuring overlapping triangles in blue, turquoise and dark red, a concentric blue eye motif, and a right-edge column of small triangles and half-discs.
Pirámides doradas Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Colorful geometric painting with three gold cobra-like forms rising against a dense field of blue, green, red and black shapes, topped by three rosette wheels and framed by striped bands top and bottom.
Serpientes doradas Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas