This is my second painting on the subject of the Mayan Universe. The Maya people believed their universe was shaped like a giant tree. The gods lived in the upper part of the tree where foliage would be. That is the area where I painted stars. The middle world, where the people, plants, and animals live, was located in the truck of the tree. The oceans (represented by the pattered blue shapes) were on each side of the middle world. The roots of the tree were in the underworld. The piercing eyes represent the lords of the underworld.