Rincón de Color: Public Art, Community, and Cultural Pride Since the summer of 2024, I’ve been collaborating with fellow artist Jose Benavides on an exciting and experimental public art project with the Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture. This initiative, called ¡SOMBRA! Experiments in Shade, is a groundbreaking effort to combat extreme urban heat by […]
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COMO EL VIENTO. LIKE THE WIND. Much of my work features hearts – sometimes one, sometimes more. Corazones are the centerpiece of my art, bringing a sense of healing and spirituality to myself, my collectors, and other viewers. This is my first blog post since the end of 2020, a year marked by the pandemic,
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ART DURING 2020: FULL COLOR GRATITUDE I created a lot of art during 2020. I managed to do some things that I had never done before, and I was able to collaborate and work with artists in ways that were new to me. One of these ways was putting together a collection for Helios Education Foundation’s new
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THE ANCIENTS: MEXICAN BOXERS AND TIME TRAVEL I’ve done a few pieces that feature Mexican boxers. Ancient Mexican boxers. These guys are full of energy and strength. They’re skilled fighters. These boxers are Ancient Deities who enjoy boxing and the challenges that come with it. Typically, in the lighter weight divisions, they bring centuries of
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XELFI TIME Ancient deities are among us in today’s world. Plus, they happen to be really good at time travelling. These Ancients enjoy their daily interactions with us mere mortals. They enjoy interacting with us, and they enjoy their devices. Ancients over-index in the use of technology, especially mobile. They were also among the first
MUSINGS FROM THE SKETCHBOOK – ONLY DEMONS THINK IN STRAIGHT LINES We sat there in wonder as it rose from the rubble and morphed into stone and feathers. It began to move, making a hissing sound as it rattled. Suddenly it looked in our direction and singled me out of the group. I tried to
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RAMBLINGS FROM THE SKETCHBOOK The kid down the street used to dye his hair blue and sing songs about tequila fevered dreams. He also claimed pirates had taken his hearing. I think they took his voice as well. His older sister had always been the loud and obnoxious type. A real misanthrope with nothing positive
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INNER WORKINGS I saw a couple of vampires sitting on the curb outside a Circle K the other day. One nodded and smiled at me. Across the street in the used car lot were 5 bulls grazing. I think the vampires were waiting until they got a little hungry, then they’d go over and drink
FOREVER GO FORWARD, MY FRIEND This is an older piece that I had written about almost 3 years ago. Looking back it was 1 out of 3 who made it. I’m not sure if it was in a dream or while reflecting but I thought of 3 friends undergoing cancer treatments at the moment. All
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ENAMORADOS…LOVERS…LUST This small piece (Mixed medium collage, 7″ x 7″) is one of a few pieces I’ve done that depict lovers (Deities) gazing at each other, embracing or lusting. Either way, they’re fiery and colorful. Before they embraced, he reached over and kissed her as she smiled and thought of an old lullaby which would
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