Solidarity and Unity

For the World Peace Project, Andean artisan Asunta Pelaez painted 'Sunset Doves' at her Lima workshop, imagining an idyllic scene with a pair of peace-loving doves that 'represent the feminine and masculine duality as it shapes human interaction and solidarity.'

She explains that the floral hues and placement of each dove convey the uninhibited harmony of nature. Pelaez works in orange hues to transmit a sensation of creativity and enthusiasm, inspired by the colors of the sky at sundown.

A master of the centuries-old reverse painted glass technique, a style that has become her lifelong passion, Pelaez paints her multicolor design on the reverse side of a pane of glass that she places in a white-painted wooden frame.