The 3-D paintings I have been making spring from every-day-life objects I have stumbled upon, my mother in law’s beads or other objects, banal and meaningless due to no longer being in use. These objects work for me as terrain vague (vague space) because of their absence of use and purpose. They have a sort of vacant signification that recalls a sense of freedom in me. My way of working by making, doing and un-doing fits very well this vague space. The paintings in Fleet of stars spring as well from the little and vulnerable beach house where I live by the shore, and, as a counterbalance, the inspiration that I find in the colors, patterns and shapes that I used in my childhood.
Fleet of stars
Oil and spray paint on canvas 16 x 20 x 3/4 inches, 2021
It is bitter-bitter
Repurposed food packaging and oil on canvas 9 x 12 x 2 inches, 2021
Azul casi negro (Blue almost black)
Clay beads, molding paste and oil on panel 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2021
In-betweenness I
Fabric pompons, molding paste and oil on panel 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2021
In-betweenness II
Beads, molding paste and oil on panel 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2021
Blancas ráfagas de viento (White gusts of wind)
Repurposed food packaging, molding paste and oil on panel 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2021
Las olas (The waves)
Nylon fabric, shellac, molding paste, oil on panel 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2021
Offering cloud
Oil on panel 9 x 12 inches, 2021
What the tide brings
Bamboo beads and oil on panel 9 x 12 inches, 2021
Some colorful mornings
Molding paste and oil on panel 10 x 8 inches, 2021
Strong as the tides
Oil on canvas 14 x 18 x 1 inches, 2021
As the day begins
Oil and cold wax on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 2021
The peace of things I
Repurposed food packaging, molding paste and oil on panel 10 x 8 x 1 inches, 2021
The peace of things II
Repurposed food packaging, molding paste and oil on panel 8 x 10 x 1 inches, 2021
Installation view at Shift Gallery Seattle, February 2022
Installation view at Shift Gallery Seattle, February 2022
Installation view at Shift Gallery Seattle, February 2022
Installation view at Shift Gallery Seattle, February 2022