Golden Eagle
by Robin Wiesneth
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10.000 x 10.000 inches
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Title
Golden Eagle
Artist
Robin Wiesneth
Medium
Painting - Mixed Media
Description
Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday that is celebrated as much in the USA as it is in Mexico. We Americans know how to party - any excuse for tacos and margaritas has to be good, right?
The Golden Eagle is the national bird of Mexico. Not chosen at random, this bird was part of the Aztec legend of how the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan (present-day Mexico City) was founded.
The Aztecs, guided by the prophecies of Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), ended their migration from farther north by building Tenochtitlan, on an island in a lake where an eagle held a snake perched on a flowering nopal (prickly pear) cactus.
This image described above is Mexico’s national seal. I took the liberty of replacing the snake with a bottle of Corona beer because, well, it seemed appropriate. And also a little funny...
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May 11th, 2020
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