Welcome to the California Botanic Garden Artist Residency 2020 Application Committee!
Below, I am sharing a small selection of my work that I believe is most relevant to the project I am proposing for the Residency. Please contact me with any questions or requests for more information.
LA Iconography Bandana
Block print on linen bandana, sewn by the artist. Edition of 12. 2020.
The LA Iconography bandana is made up of images that I consider a personal set of LA imagery, both urban and natural: poppies, sycamore seed pods, fire, breeze blocks, and furniture left on the street.
White sage blind contour
Photoshop. 2020.
I participated in the California Native Plant Society’s #CNPSArtChallenge. On Day 6, the prompt was blind contours - an observational form of drawing done by only looking at your subject, and not at the drawing itself. I was less-than-pleased with the result of my drawing, so I turned it into a repeating pattern, which I then applied to a drawing of a breezy sundress - perfect for garden work on a hot chaparral day. This drawing was featured in the CNPS Flora Magazine July 2020 issue.
Corvids at sunset
Risograph. 2019.
This was inspired by a flock of crows flying against a cloudy sunset. To make this piece, I drew the corvid motif on paper and scanned it. Then I opened it in Photoshop where I added the halftone cloud pattern in the background. Then I separated the image into two files for risograph printing: one that would be pink, and one that would be blue. I printed this at a risography workshop that I co-coordinated at Print Shop LA in Chinatown.
Lovebirds of Humboldt
Pen, paper, marker, Photoshop. 2017.
I drew the original tile for this pattern on an 8"x11" sheet of paper. The colors are inspired by the Puerto Rican flag, as I lived in the very Puerto Rican neighborhood of Humboldt Park, Chicago at the time.
Orchid roots
Pen, paper, Photoshop, digital mockup. 2019. Mockup by: Ls Graphics
The original tile for this pattern was drawn on an 8"x8" square of paper. It was inspired by how strange and chunky orchid roots look as they wrap around growing media. I scanned the original tile into Photoshop, colored it, and put it in a digital mockup file.
Plants of LA: “Eucalyptus”, “Agave”, “Date Palm”, “Magnolia”
Pen, paper. 2017.
A selection from a self-directed series during October 2017. I had just moved back to Los Angeles after a few years away and wanted to familiarize myself with the common plants I saw in the area.