Mauricio Alas

Author: Mauricio Alas

  • The Coca Cola Case: When Goliath Is Anxious

    Coca-Cola is a North American media darling and is currently the brand most recognized in the entire world. A friendly, bright & perennial brand, normally associated with having a good time with good friends. They have spend hundreds of millions of dollars to achieve this very goal. So very far removed from the reality of this media empire’s hundreds of alleged kidnappings, torture and murder of union leaders who tried to improve working conditions in Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey.

  • A Birthday Gift Story (First Useful Painting)

    Rewind to a few years ago… Okay. So while sipping green tea in my lonely apartment, a friend of mine rang me out of the blue and asked ‘So, what are you bringing to the birthday party?’ Surprised by such forwardness, I answered the only way I could, with a heartfelt, ‘Who the hell is […]

  • Honorable Mention: My Photography 101

    Honorable Mention: My Photography 101

        Ever since I was a kid and started burning eggs while learning how to cook, I realized I truly enjoyed doing creative works. As such, and finally, 15+ years later I decided to try my hand at photography. As luck would have it I got a Canon A-series camera a few years ago […]

  • My Paintings (Part II)

    This is one of my first *real* paintings where I actually tried to convey a message. The ‘Sandman’ is a piece where the observer might not be sure at what exactly they are looking at. Whether it is a wineglass or a hourglass, a surreal bowler hat adds to the anthropomorphic work and asks to be open […]