Watercolor and pencil on paper, 9 x 12 2009 Copyright Patricia Ariel ....... The Totems are a series of pieces that represent an animal attached to a human figure, like if they were part of the same body. They also carry a very simple concept: our deep attachment to Nature as one single thing. In those pieces, the human head is always black and white and naturalist, while the animal is colorful and filled with abstract shapes.