Argument with Myself (Variation 1), Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 11" x 14", 2018
Argument with Myself (Variation 2), Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 11" x 14", 2018
Argument with Myself, Diptych (Variation 3 and 2), Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 11" x 14" each panel, 2018
Balancing Act, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 22" x 18", 2018
This piece is an ode to the "manlalako" (Tagalog for hucksters), those enterprising women who will brave the "palengke" (wet market) walking street after street, crooning out their fruits and vegetables, their trinkets, their sticky rice treats for sale, "Manga, Lanzones... bili na kayo!" The "manlalako" is a true boss lady who balances a heavy basket on her head like an oversized crown. She balances her lovers, her children, the roof, making frayed ends meet, and doing what must be done simply because it must be done.
Beija Flor, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 11" x 14", 2018
Memory of a Safe Place, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, 11" x 14", 2018
Memory of a Safe Place (Variation 1), Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 14" x 14", 2018
Pouf! Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 2018
Neighborhood Gaia, Variation 2, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawing, 11" x 14", 2018
Neighborhood Gaia, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 14" x 14", 2017
Cloud Effect 1, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 24" x 36", 2017
While researching monarch butterflies for another artwork, I came across a phenomenon called “Cloud Effect.” Migrating monarch butterflies, while roosting in eucalyptus trees, would suddenly swarm and form clouds of their own whenever real clouds block out the sun. No one quite knows why they do this, but some speculate it’s too keep their bodies warm. After 3,000 miles, and three generations later, the lucky ones reach the Transvolcanic Mountains of Mexico. There they overwinter in the oyamel fir forests, living up to 9 months rather than a few weeks, till the cycle starts again. Their arrival coincides with “El Dia de los Muertos.” It is said that they represent the souls of the departed, returning to visit for this sacred occasion. In my work, I imagine the monarchs swarming and for a brief instant, create a skull, then
disperse again into a shapeless form.
Squirrel + Clover Patch, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, 9" x 9", 2018
Raccoon + Clover Patch, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, 9" x 9", 2018
Burrowing Owls + Clover Patch, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, 9" x 9", 2018
Deer + Clover Patch, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, 9" x 9", 2018
Anna’s Nest, Inkjet Prints of Original Pen and Ink Drawings, Diorama, 12" x 12", 2018
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