I like to think of my work as the union of my surroundings and my reacting to those surroundings. Some days that could mean a dream, another day it could be the animals I saw on a walk, the weather, light filtering through a glass. I believe this was informed by my Latin Catholic upbringing in South Florida, as it was a total palette for the senses… visitors perpetually looking for the party were interesting enough (also giant flying bugs), but my home life and family were just as well. Gatherings, fruit, glittery altars, languages mixing together. As I grew up, and as my environment changed, I became more interested in how to align creative expression with my interior landscape.
For the past few years, this has meant working mostly in 2D on wood, using acrylic and oil paint, although in the past year I have branched out into digital work as well. I also tend to use simpler, straightforward compositions as, whatever my original intentions may be, the color relationships in a piece usually end up taking hold of my interest the most and I enjoy the clarity to play around with it.
In the past I have experimented with sculpture, metalsmithing, all manner of wet and dry media, but paint remains present for me, ever since those days in the sun catching frogs. The most immediate and faithful medium to the sensory process up to the actual point of touching that paint to wood, and the tensions created as the colors build- this is my navigating point as I continue to experiment and grow as an artist.