Near Death Experience

NDE (near-death experience). Buenos Aires, fall 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 47.2 W x 39.4 H in (120 W x 100 H cm).

When I finished painting this piece I saw a door and a cross at the bottom of the canvas that I never drew intentionally. I decided to call it NDE (near-death experience) since I feel these are my near-death experiences that came out from my unconscious.

I had my first near-death experience when I was a child, perhaps at the age of 4 or 5. It involved me drowning. I found out a couple of years ago, while talking to my cousin, that she actually saved my life. I later confirmed with my parents that I drowned in a swimming-pool at night during a family gathering. All the adults where inside the house and we, the kids, were playing around the pool. I don’t know how long I was underwater drowning to the time I was tossed back out. All I know is that my father resurrect me.

Shown at

Houston Fine Art Fair (HFAF), NRG Center, Houston, 9–12 September 2015

Private Collection