Puerto Vallarta Mexico - Mexicana Airlines (CMA-Compañía Mexicana de Aviación) - Vintage Airline Travel Poster by Ignacio Barrios c.1969 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print (Unframed) 12 x 16 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Ignacio Barrios - Ignacio Barrios (1930–2013) was a Mexican painter mostly known for his absolute commitment to watercolor painting. He earned the reputation of one of the top watercolor painters in his country of origin and possibly the most distinctive of them all. Barrios began his work painting classical and academic landscapes. Critics admire how he was able to move from costumbrismo, to impressionism, to surrealism. In later years, he occasionally put figurative art aside to seek semi-abstract creations. His work is mainly characterized by landscaping (both Mexican and international), urban environment, Art Marine, still life, human body, portraits, abstract and semiabstract art. While his early work took him to a position of privilege amongst the most renowned landscapers, the aesthetic level he reached in the development and reproduction of human figure is no less remarkable. Barrios said “The art should be spontaneous in its entirety, just like the artist: fallible, transitory and with limitations.' From 1965 to 1981, his work was primarily notable for the use of gray and ochre tones that helped him find harmonious tonalities. Those were the years of Barrios' Europeanization, since a large proportion of his artistic evolution as a painter took place in Europe. During the 80's, his work began to acquire a broader variety of colors which has advanced the expressive strength of his paintings. Barrios' work is clearly apparent. His unique mastery of water and handling of humidity make his watercolor technique even more complex, and along with his wide impressionism traits, he was able to, in his own words, 'let water speak its own language.'