Contemporary Figural Oil Painting by Ahmed Montes | VENUS Y LA LUNA ESPERANDO AL SOL PERECER [VENUS AND THE MOON WAITING FOR THE SUN TO PERISH], 2014 | Approx. Size: 31.5" H x 47" W. Excellent Condition. About the artist: Born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa in 1983. He studied Visual Arts at the University of the Arts in Aguascalientes. He began his career by making urban art murals and set designs for the Nutcracker and Swan Lake for the Royal Academy of London. He has been a student of Masters such as Benjamín Domínguez, Luis Nishizawa, Luciano Spano, Luis Argudín, Ismael Guardado, Gerardo Montiel Klint, José Luis López Loza, among others. It has a permanent exhibition at the Museum of the Traditional Mexican Toy with the series: "Traditional Realism", "The Figure and the Man", "Flashes of Emotion", "Broken Christs, Black Christs", "Reinventing Saturnino" and " From the Spiritual to the Material, from the Material to the Human" and the publication of the illustrated novel; " Honorable mention in the first Pincelarte State Contest of the San Marcos National Fair in Aguascalientes 2013. He uses different traditional techniques such as the use of natural pigments and glazes in oils and acrylics.