Textiles
“Umaña took his instruction from cubism, but like any other serious artist he uses it as his discipline, not his tyrant. He goes from abstraction to representation, and works all the intermediate stages with obvious authority and ease. The source of his authority as an artist is his sensibility, his feeling which goes directly to his canvas, the way all artists always pray it will. It rarely happens, but when it does, it is a delightful thing to encounter.”
—Leroy Leatherman
A sampling of Umaña’s textile work is below. The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC maintains a collection of his hooked rug, wall paper and bandbox works which can be viewed on it’s website here.
