"She Who Wears Bells On Her Cheeks"
Mark Vallen 1993 Chalk pastel on paper - 2 1/2 x 5 1/2

Artist's statement:

"This life-sized portrait is of an anonymous Chicana street musician I saw one day in a downtown Los Angeles park. She holds a picture of the Moon Goddess, Coyalxauhqui, a primary deity of the ancient Aztecs and now an icon of modern Mexico and Chicano/Chicana pride.

My artwork also appeared as the cover illustration for Milagros Peña's 2007 book, Latina Activists across Borders: Women's Grassroots Organizing in Mexico and Texas.