Santa de Los Chiles
Acrylic and wax on canvas, 24" x 36"

You bite into your food and suddenly, your mouth is on fire. Your eyes water and you break out in a sweat. You are now officially “enchilado”. Besides gulping copious amounts of any cold liquid within reach, you would do well to offer up a prayer to this gleeful saint, Santa de Los Chiles (Saint of the Peppers). I, Carmen, appointed and anointed her as the patron saint of all “enchilados”.