Devotion! 2011

 I am not sure if I have shared this with  you guys but this is an installation I did for  the New World school of the Arts gallery  called "The cry of Demeter" in 2011.  It is inspired by the myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone  who is kidnapped into the underworld by Hades and is kept there for at least 6 months of the year and 6 months back on earth with her Mother.  Being the goddess of harvest, Demeter, "silences" her devotion to the earth while her daughter is away . Once she is back, the Goddess nourishes and freshens the earth to celebrate her return.  I wrote it out of a broken heart at one point in my life...heart break between my spirit and I. I felt disconnected, as if something had taken it(her) from me.
The work is a pair of legs made from wrapped in burlap and they are detached from a form. The legs are ascending a staircase made of plywood.  The absecnce of the body is important because it is in the  "formlessness" that the words of this poem were inspired. It is a reminder for me, how important the connection of Spirit and Body is but more so the Spirit. The staircase, is a metaphor for  reaching a higher place in another realm, for me it is the Mind. Enjoy!

BLURRED- self portrait series 2009

This series are SELF PORTRAITS of me in front of a television and just working with the lack of light  in the room and the exaggerated amount of light from the large screen...I call it BLURRED because too much information(light) for the camera is basically just a white screen and too much information from the media sometimes just "blurs " or overwhelms us that we can't really see/think clearly anymore. enjoy!

Cloudy

These are digitally manipulated images of portraits and clouds...It has to do with my cloudy vision at the time. I am was not sure where I was going in my art  path and clouds usually symbolize foggy mind, blissfulness, and/or "opportunity to play  the game of perception"  WHAT DO WE SEE? Anyways, this is really about my cloudy head but I liked the images, therefore found them interesting enough to post. Another big reference in photography would be Alfred Stieglitz " Equivalents" cloud series...but I won't get into that. :) Enjoy!

Tricia the Dancing Star

This is a photomontage of a photo shoot  made in 2009 and  edited 2012....so the the actual work is finished in 2012. Here is the vintage again, geometric and abstracted shapes that a mirror-image creates on it's own,;) Enjoy!

Portraits of Christopher- Winter 2012

This shoot was in my apt with my neighbor Chris. Just wanted to have fun with a guy and a vintage nightgown. You can  call these portraits of Christopher:

Here we are playing with movement and long exposure, pun intended ;)

Enjoy!

SKETCHES-unfinished clay

Here is a marriage between my unfinished clay sculpture and photography of things I see and like...for instance, this arc in Bordeaux..I liked the shadows and the light...This is just me playing with my imagination. I want to marry clay sculptures with my photography, this is just one of the few, that I like, that may evolve into something. Still investigating it. Thanks for viewing :)

project Perishable..."Loveletter"

Here is a piece I did regarding Perishable art...the title is "Loveletter"
I took 2 fruits, an apple and orange, cut out a piece from each and glued it to each other..they each carry a piece of each other. In relationships we carry a piece of our partner in our hearts, wether the relationship "perishes" or not, the physical will. Enjoy!

"Pieces of me" Sketches 2013 self portraits

If only we had maps to help us find our way through our thoughts, emotions, growths. I feel as if sometimes I know where I am then suddenly I get lost.  With a little panic "I need help!" I yell inside.  Of course, if I sit still and breathe then listen, I get hints as to where I am and I can continue on my path.  I always address my higher good, but somedays I have to do this about 3 times or more and I am starting to feel a little depressed about this.
This series is about my evolvement I suppose.  It is not 100% revealed to me yet, but I think that is the direction it is going... It is basically a self portrait series using grids and repetitive patterns with pieces of myself on there(the grid). It is helping me cope with myself. You know the saying " where ever you go, there you are",  something like that... since I got to Spain nothing remarkable has happened within me, I am still me, figuring me out, discovering myself more and more but I am still me as I was in Miami...figuring out my process. Actually, a bit more frustrated with myself for not creating something BIG...i am feeling a little lost.
I know, I know, I have to work, work is the only solution...I do continue my practice and have come up with these...it is the beginning of something new for me...I hope you enjoy a little piece of me.

2013- FEB

Again, here we are 4 months later. I am now in SPAIN for 5 months. I didn't write about that in my previous entries? I do not think so. So I am here attending a private University named Francisco Vitoria. It is outside of Madrid's center. The town is called Majadahonda, actually.  They seem to have very well known professors from the art scene here. I have only met 2 so far and they seem very knowledgeable.  I do look forward to learning more  terms, more thoughts, more work. The classes here are mostly theory based which is an excellent practice for me, since I do tend to avoid theory in all  subjects...lol
I am excited for this one class called systems of analysis of from and space, it is a basic design class but it focuses on  perspective, geometry and scale more or less...these are the 3 areas I need to tighten up, especially working on large scale projects, I would love to learn first how to start small to convert into a larger piece.
I am not so concerned in creating as much as I am retaining ideas while I am here, attaining more tools, organizing my ideas and paying attention to my process.
Those are my goals.

This photo, I created my first semester in school and I really like it. And it is something like this that I want my work to be like or evolve from this... a  marriage between the representational  and some geometric abstraction. I want to keep it simple yet expressive.  Let's see how I progress...:)