GIANNA PRADO SMOOTH

“My muñequita, my Spanish harlem Mona Lisa... I would change my life to better suit your mood, because you’re so smooooooth.”

This print, which follows the lyrics of “Smooth” by Santana, is heavily inspired by a strong feeling of nostalgia, hanging by the pool on a hot Miami summer day. Loud Spanish music, lot’s of alcohol for the adults, bbq, and a gang of under supervised kids...

“At night, it is difficult to stay on task and on trail, it has been said the darkness consumes unsparingly all those who wander lost. Lucky for you, a lantern is lit and unbeknownst to our friend here she herself becomes a light to guide us in the night. Night now welcomes us into her fold and embraces us with a cold kindness.”

Number 2 in a short series of S based spanish/ portuguese titled works is suerte, a piece based on a fictional character I created. She started as a daydream, a face I drew over and over that I thought could be a cool comic character one day. She is now brought to life in this linocut.