I recently obtained a tarot from the Canary Islands. This is the Tarot del Universo issued with a book by José María Doria apparently in 1989 at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The artwork by Rafael Trelles is surreal with quite astounding and original images.
Rafael Trelles could be described as a neo-surrealist, with a good grounding in figurative painting. He often incorporated metamorphoses of forms into his artwork. He was born in Puerto Rico and studied both there and in Mexico City. In the late 1980's he moved to the Canary Islands where he developed his style which drew on the imagery of alchemy, mysticism and magic. In 1986 he had an exhibition entitled El tarot universo at the El Aquisitio Café and Theater, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.
He has held a large number of exhibitions and is well respected today. He has a very fine website where much of his amazing later works can be seen.
http://www.rafaeltrelles.com/english/index.html
The images from the Tenerife exhivition were later used in the tarot issued with the book by José María Doria.Attached Image (viewed 96 times):
 Last edited on Tue May 17th, 2011 02:36 pm by AdamMcLean
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