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Each caricature was an exaggerated depiction of the men but still maintained a likeness based on key features. They each vary in expression, from grinning to appearing distraught, as well as being a side-profile that highlights the exaggeration of their noses, mouths and eyes, except for one. The Dr.
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Emilia received her first commission at a young age. At only 10 she was asked by a worker at Casa de
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she made of the indigenous groups in her area, and the caricatures she created from an early age of political figures and those she knew. Emilia would go on to create over 4,000 works that varied in subject matter. Her father, Abraham D. Ortiz, had arrived at Tepic originally from
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series. This series was created between 1969 and 2000. With these paintings, Emilia continued her exploration of Oils, using vibrant colors and an overexaggerating of proportions to express the various common sayings in
Nayarit. One such painting is
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and Coras the girls had painted. Emilia would continue her artworks on the
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1991 - Fundacion Alica de Nayarit, A.C., Sala de Exposiciones Emilia Ortiz, "Muestra de caricatures". Tepic, Nay.
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