2025 Oil paint on Canvas, 30’’ x 40’’
This paitning depicts a still life of my mothers kitchen as she prepares to cook a a guatemalan dish called chille rellenos. The layout of well known products commonly purchased by hispanics whithout labels really emphazies the familiarity just like a blurry memory.
2023 Oil paint on canvas, 30’’ x 40’’
The gaze is explored in this paintings by a hispanic mother taking care of her baby girl. She is tired and although resting the job of mother never truly ends.
2023 Oil paint on canvas, 48’’ x 60’’ in
This painting demonstrates the intricacies of relationships between daughter and father dynamics. Especialy depicting the intricacies of hispanic familial bonds. The paitning is based off an old photgraph with slight modifications apart from a series of work that contemplates the need to represent a photo as a paitning.
2023 Oil paint on canvas, 24'' x 30''
Portrays what my home looks like and how family is important to life. The people who are closest to you and can see you grow into an adult. I think the people you encounter within your family can at times feels alienating so this peice also represents that gaze of a younger family member that feels at home but because of his young age he doesn’t have the need to question what familial bonds are quite just yet.
2023, Handmade pigments and oil paint,
24'' x 30''
Experimental painting using handmade ground-up pigments and palette knives. This painting aimed to portray a path light found near tennis courts that I frequent.
2023, Acrylic and oil paint, 9'' x 12"
A small study of a friend's photo capturing the innocence of these three individuals eating food leftovers after a Christian potluck event.
2024. Oil paint, vine charcoal, and oil pastels on canvas, 3 48’’ x 72’’ canvases.
What routines shape our days? What do we neglect and push aside? Hands are versatile instruments of creation and destruction, revealing the essence of our endeavors. The Triptych, Infinite Memory Limited Space, delves into the fleeting nature of existence and our struggle to grasp the intangible spaces we construct as our roles change. Memories are created every day and are a constant within our experiences and yet the spaces we’ve created will inevitably be subjects of change. The figures in each of their separate spaces have intersected at some point through mutual connections yet will always have distinct burdens and discover their own joie de vivre. The intersectionality between drawing and painting navigates life. Reflecting on societal dynamics, the scars of conflict, and the quiet resilience of hope. This piece is reflective of the essence of being yet meant to be versatile.
Figures left to right: Patryck, Alison, Neil
2023, Oil paint on loose canvas, 36'' x 60"
Life-size study of a close friend. Rojeh is depicted in a state of trying to explain something to a friend. This painting will be part of a future series to commemorate people in my life.
2022, Oil Paint, 16'' x 24''
Lost in Thought is a portrait painting of my little brother who has autism. A lot of the things my brother does is different so I wanted to capture this moment of him as a form of appreciation.
2022, Watercolor, acrylic, colored pencils,
12'' x 14''
Part of an early body of work that experimented with painting mediums that aimed to depict the good in people. Specifically, the bonds created in this case between a mother and a child.
2022, Oil paint, 22'' x 28''
Plastic consumption is the depiction of "fresh" fruit and the irony of how supermarkets and big corporations sell fresh and organic products. In connection with wanting to be healthy but also consumed by all the plastic packaging.
2022, Oil paint, 18'' x 20''
A river located in my hometown Ojai. During the drought, the river would dry up and this painting is from a reference picture taken when I was on an environmental field trip to test the water's pH levels.
2022, Watercolor, acrylic, colored pencils, 12'' x 14''
Contemplates how religion, specifically praying, is a form of releif within people. Reflecting upon the strong hispanic tie to Cathalocism.
2022, Oil Paint, 18'' x 24''
The graduation flowers of an uncompleted high school senior year. The wilting is symbolic of the passing of something but also the opportunity of renewal.
2022, Oil paint, 22'' x 28''
Study of working with the method of painting dark to light process. The composition was self set up.