This is a world of butterflies, Cuban rhythms, family, friends, forgotten flowers. Paintings depict landscapes and whimsical imaginings; women from around the globe are painted with crowns, honored as queens. Sometimes my recuerdos are colored in deep tones of sorrow and love; other times they pay homage to the present, face our challenges and injustice, pray for a better future.
Alma genuinamente poética, Maura Harvey lleva la poesía en la sangre. La esencia humana de sus versos—afinidad con lo sencillo y lo humilde, comprensión ante los que sufren, sed de justicia—irradia en su canto.
Color Recuerdo is a kaleidoscopic gem of a collection. From its whimsical artwork to the wisdom of its words, it is a homage to home and family and the big, beautiful world that surrounds us all. Meticulously crafted and deeply felt, its pitch-perfect portraits of love and loss and a life lived to the fullest will linger with readers well past the last page.
Maura Harvey’s works give glimpses of a mythic beauty and truth; of the fertility of the earth, flowers, motherhood, and love that endures forever. The world becomes an essence, dancing in the imagination; Mexico and the United States recall their ancient unity, Cuba offers its guava and songs. And a butterfly migration becomes winged arithmetic. You will look at the night sky differently, want to count stars, hold dreams close, notice the colors of spring, the purple of an iris.
