Day of the Dead Framed Art

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated annually much like Halloween, but while Halloween is about warding away bad spirits, the Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Meurtos, is about remembering our loved ones who are lost from us. This three day celebration is highly decorated and the framed Day of the Dead art capture the vibrancy and macabre quality of this holiday.

The most iconic symbol of this holiday is the skull, generally it is a sugar skull that is consumed as a special treat but also left on the graves of loved ones. So, understandably, much of the artwork surrounding this holiday features framed Day of the Dead calavera skull art. The Sugar Skull candy itself is bright and colourful and the decorations are too and so are the artworks such as Dean Russo’s piece “Sugar Skull – Day of the Dead”, as is Kerri Ambrosino’s piece “Aster Calavera”. In contrast, Jill Ankrom’s piece “Dia de Los Meurtos” is a rather dark in comparison. There is some colour in reds and oranges but it is all set on a plain black background.