Orlando Botero (Columbian, b.1946), Joy (Woman in Profile)

Mixed media and collage on paper, signed at lower right, inscribed at lower left, float mounted in a frame under glass.

Sheet size 30 x 50 in.; Frame dimensions 42 x 61 1/2 in.

Born in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, South America to a family of eleven brothers and sisters, Orlando Botero became an abstract painter of symbolic works.
Though he had no formal artistic training, much of his education was acquired at a Jesuit boarding school. As an adult, he spent time in Laguna Beach, California, and moved to Hawaii in the late 1990s. He is a recipient of the White House Hispanic Heritage Award and is a Trustee of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

Overall good estate condition, light toning to paper, wear to frame and mat.