Pierpont Morgan Library Review
New York City, 2002
“Ms. Braida’s work is truly dazzling. [Her collection of paintings of the Gardens of Casa Guayacan in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic] are as large as the Audubon drawings, but apart from him I don’t know of any pre-20th century artists who worked in as large a format. Impressive!
Kathleen Stuart,
Assistant Curator,
Department of Drawings and Prints
The Pierpont Morgan Library
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"El Guardian de la Casa"
by O.M. Braida
Twists and turns of life
Knots of indecision, decision,
overapping fears and joys.
The spotted leopard watchful,
the guardian of our dreams.
Our shell of existence
Solid trustwrothy lasting.
Flowered,weathered,bent
It stands despite the fall.
Beneath the branches of the trail
No frail wire weaves within the loom
An iron core - God's umbilical yarn
Stands protector,
guardian of the house.
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