I am not a religious person but feel most spiritual when I paint about my family or the Filipinx diaspora - trying to make a connection with the past. Re: Postcards from Uncle Renato to Lola and Lolo Skin tones, days at the beach, climbing a mountain with a lover, my parents’ backyard, a city sidewalk, the bayous in Louisiana where my ancestors once lived: color triggers these recollections. Cold wax and oil paint are swiped across the canvas to conceal extraneous possibilities and to limit sentimentality. I mine color from memory and photos I’ve taken/have been tagged in on social media. I attempt to commit important events in my life to memory via painting. Postcards from Uncle Renato to Lola and Lolo 2019 oil and beeswax on canvas over panel 20 X 24 inchesĬonfluence 2019 oil and beeswax on canvas 36 X 44 inchesħ Train Blues 2019 oil and beeswax on canvas 12 X 15 inchesĮach gradient is a vignette of an experience or place in my Passing Memories series.
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