Cousins' Birthday

Cousins’ Birthday / 20” x 25” x .75 in. / Varnished acrylic on mdf / 2022

Cnc routered drawing based off of a photo from a cousins’ birthday party in Peru. A time of innocence and family. After emigrating, our realities became confusing, unfamiliar, frustrating, challenging, etc. It warms my heart to look back at times like these. We lost so much along the way but we still have these memories of what family was and could be. I wouldn’t change a thing, but I would definitely be easier on myself. Deep down I’m still that 9yo kid. I want to hug him and tell him that he did his best and I’m so grateful for him. Thank you.

Loves me. Loves me not.

Loves me. Loves me not. #3 / 16.5” x 15 in. / Paint on mdf / 2022

Stunted growth. So many dimensions to what we shared. The possibilities were endless. Like a pressed flower that is trimmed at what one thinks is their pinnacle of beauty, the evolution is stunted. It is sentenced to death. With results that never match the living moment. Holding on to that moment in the relationship and not tending to the rest. Just like the flower the relationship losses life, withering away.

Loves me. Loves me not. #6 / 24” x 23 in. / Paint on mdf / 2022

And sometimes “Y”

And sometimes “Y” / 9” x 9”in. / Paint on hdf / 2022