art

"Beetles Eating Ugly Warehouse"

Acrylic, Pastel, and Marker

July

Notebook Covers

Colored Pencil, Marker, Paint Pen, and Collage

Fruity Dress

Acrylic, Fabric marker on Broadcloth

Daisy Dress

Acrylic on Silk Taffeta

June

"Bliss"

Acrylic and Pastel on Bristol

May

LIRR Concourse Study

Pastel

April

"Summer Snacktime"

"Easter Bonnet"

Pastel

Acrylic, Pastel, Collage

Abstract Studies

Woody stick on paper

March

"Lobster Jacket"

Acrylic on Duck Canvas

"Culture Vulture"

Acrylic and Pastel on Canvas

"Flock"

Acrylic and Pastel on Polyester Organza

I am from the Hudson Valley and was raised in a small town that is not very diverse. Growing up as someone who is Hispanic, I remember that my facial features were always something I hated because I didn’t look like anyone I knew. In my lifetime, I have attended two predominantly white institutions, which have made me even more aware of why I still struggle with self-hatred about my appearance. “Culture Vulture” is a painting that represents these feelings through my usual subject of animals. The turkey vultures in my work represent my identity of being half white, and my nostalgia from childhood as an American, while the Andean condor represents my Ecuadorian heritage. Both of them, as well as imagery from my childhood home and town, illustrate the complexity of a part of my identity I have only started to explore as I grow up.