Felipe Jesus Consalvos

Felipe Jesus Consalvos was an Cuban outsider artist whose body of work was discovered in Philadelphia in the 1980s. His work consists of collages using religious and political imagery as well as cuttings from cigar boxes, cards and papers as he worked as a cigar roller for much of his life.



An example of one of Felipe Jesus Consalvos' shrines.

I thought his images were quite saint-like and I liked the idea of taking the image of one of my saints and drawing or collageing on top of it. I would also like to explore the idea of layering images from popular culture or magazines and combining it with my saints.