About

As a painter, I follow Dali’s artistic purpose to “make visible, the invisible”. The two-dimensional medium of painting on canvas fools our eye, and I like to explore the way it does that. Using acrylic colors I enjoy creating images that look 3-dimensional. Sometimes I sneak in an image from another dimension or use flat objects to emphasis the medium of paint on canvas, a 2-dimensional feature. Mexican themes abound in my work as cultural digressions of mine. I also insert natural objects, because I love the outdoors. Dia de los Muertos spirits, Aztec symbols, religious symbols, hearts, cacti, deserts, mountains, clouds, volcanos, water, fire, lizards, corn, and Native people are common images within my work. 

One of my passions, dating back to 1997 when I became interested in the plight of the Tarahumaras living in the Sierras of Chihuahua, Mexico, calls me to bring awareness to the ecological effects of logging on the Native people living there. Some of that passion is reflected in my art (ie: the Ancient Natives dancing around a volcano). In my dream state I invision the anger of the Ancient ones who feel we greedily rape the earth of its natural resources, and affect the lifestyle of their descendants - us.

Although my painted works acknowledge my Mexican heritage and my cousins living in Mexico, I am a third-generation U.S. Citizen born in Pasadena, CA, where I have lived most of my life. I also lived in Boise, Idaho, for three years, and I have traveled these states: California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and New York. Mexico states I've traveled include Chihuahua, Mexico D.F., Oaxaca, and Yucatan. I've also been thru major cities in Peru, including Lima and Cuzco on my way to my all-time dream destination, Machu Pichu.

Having been religated to semi-retirement, I supplement my income by taking freelance jobs from former business associates, and creating portraits for friends and family. I have a BFA degree from UCLA, and I have a certificate in Computer Graphics.