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Bonded
One of my favorite expressions to capture in a painting is love, which is what I did in my newest piece, "Bonded," featuring a brother and sister tiger in a very special moment. These two big cats clearly trust and love each other, so I painted them with that in mind, keeping the fur texture as soft as possible.
When Life Gives You Lemons
In naming this piece, "When Life Gives You Lemons," I hope to put a spin on this common saying and further express the ways in which optimism and positivity can enter our lives.
Wedding Death Catrina
I chose to do a skeleton because I found them beautiful. Most people did Catrina's because of culture but mine was slightly less serious.
Nature in Black and White
The main focus of my image are the mountains, but looking at the whole image, you can see that I have also included a few trees casting their reflection in the water.
Golden State
I hope with this exploration that people walk away from this project and think about the damages humans cause not only to our planet but to the state where I live. Every time I walk out my door, I am greeted with the beauty of California and when I travel in the state; I see the elegance and grace of other parts of the state and the stain of destruction, loss, and devastation.
Alebrije
I did it with a process which first I had to have an idea of ??what it was going to be about and what animal it would take to make it a spiritual guide and why it had to be that animal, in my opinion it was a cat because it shows a affection towards people without caring about the act of people towards him.
Eye Fear
\When beginning an art piece, I usually start with a sketch to get my creativity flowing. Sketches help me to determine what exactly I want to draw or create before starting on the final art piece. It normally takes me a few different sketches to get my idea the way I pictured it on paper.
Serendipity
This piece was inspired by one of my closest friends. He has seen the worst of me but has stayed when no one else did.
The Loop and The Paradox
My inspiration for my pieces come from the many parallels that the American school system shares with the American prison system. Additionally, the way the prison system determines under-privileged people’s futures by tainting criminal records or pulling out whatever financial foundation they had built with lawyer and court fees.
Lonely Eyes
This painting is one of my first abstract pieces, and while creating it I got really deeply involved with the process. I purely used my hands as tools to paint with, feeling the different consistencies of the paint moving beneath my fingers.
A Hummingbird
This piece is inspired by the memory of my grandmother. In Hindu culture, a widely held belief is the idea of reincarnation, and when my grandmother passed away, we believe that her spirit manifested itself into the form of a hummingbird.
Give Me A Hand
This pot was inspired by my own hand and glazed in simple white so as not to distract from the form.
The world is so flat and blue, your eyes could get tired of it
The painting illustrates an issue in our environment today called “sea-level rise” AKA the result of thermal expansion. So, “What causes the sea level to rise?” There are many causes but the main cause is due to “global warming”.