US
2019-2022
US shares the stories of people of color, immigrants, and those with multicultural identities want to tell about themselves. These paintings value underrepresented narratives and invite viewers to see something of themselves in the vibrant and poetic storytelling.
A Long Line of Women
2022, oil on linen, 72x240 inches
Collection of Michigan State University, Campbell Hall
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (One Eye Open)
2022, oil on linen, 72x60 inches
Keira Busch and the Tree of Many Fruits (Allegory of a Family Tree)
2021, oil on linen, 72x60 inches
Love is Sweet with Britney Reason (An Alternative 돌잔치 K-Drama)
2021, oil on linen, 48x60 inches
A Day in the Life of Chemin Hsiao (Allegory of a Sucker Punch)
2021, oil on linen, 52x45 inches
The Ballad of Azya Moore (Ode to Zora Neale Hurston)
2021, oil on linen, 66x40 inches
The Ballad of Ameenah Shareef Asante (Ode to my Ancestors)
2021, 48x29 inches, oil on linen
Collection of JoAnne McFarland, ArtPoetica Project Space
3 Días, 7 Leguas: Javier Salas Vera (Alegoría de los mojados, parte 1)
2021, oil on linen, 15x18 inches
Private Collection, Michigan
Story of My Life: Hector Acuna (Plight of the Racially Ambiguous)
2022, oil on linen, 60 x 96 inches, diptych
Dennos Museum Center Collection, Michigan
El Corrido De Javier Salas Vera (Alegoría de los Mojados Parte 2)
2021, oil on linen, 48x288 inches
Detail: El Corrido de Javier Salas Vera
Panel 1 of 4
Detail 2: El Corrido de Javier Salas Vera
Panel 2 of 4
Detail 3: El Corrido de Javier Salas Vera
Panel 3 of 4
Detail 4: El Corrido de Javier Salas Vera
Panel 4 of 4
The Ballad of Lillian Young (Allegory of Black Joy and Sorrow)
2020, oil on canvas, 41x30 inches
Private Collection, Washington DC
El Corrido de Teresita Dunn (Oda a Cuco Sánchez: Del Cielo Cayó Una Rosa)
2020, oil on panel, 39x28 inches
Permanent Collection, City of Grand Rapids, Michigan
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (The Look and The Embrace)
2021, oil on linen, 43x45 inches variable, diptych
Story of My Life: Monifa Roberts (One Eye Open)
2021, oil on linen, 36x24 inches
Слава Україні! Героям слава! (Svitlana Martynjuk)
2022, oil on linen, 37x27 inches
Wounds (Allegory of a Sucker Punch)
2021, oil on linen, 23x14 inches
Private Collection, New York
Flor y Liz (Te tenía en mi vientre antes de que tu nacieras y La herencia de mis antepasados está escrita en mi cara)
2022, oil on linen, 18x30 inches, diptych