Distancing

— A series of paintings on paper from 2020 that I consider self-portrait meditations on loss, isolation, and physical and emotional distance

Cage match at the Bohemia

2020, oil on paper, 11.75 in x 16.5 in / 30 cm x 42 cm

Firestone-Walker Brewing Company is one of my "home" beers, one that I drank happily as a local living on California's Central Coast. One head brewer is from California with its bear; the other from England with its lion. Homes can feel at war.

Frida's hummingbird

2020, oil on paper, 11.75 in x 16.5 in / 30 cm x 42 cm

A small quotation of Frida Kahlo's painting, for Navajo people hummingbirds are tiny symbols of strength. I see them as hustlers who work hard to find the sweetest nectar, the ones who work hard for what sustains them and helps them to thrive.

Blueberry cornbread (eggs)

2020, oil on paper, 11.75 in x 16.5 in / 30 cm x 42 cm

Goodbye to a friend's little blueberry. Same format as ovaries developing eggs.

Bro (cornbread is for bad news)

2020, oil on paper, 11.75 in x 16.5 in / 30 cm x 42 cm

Fuchsia like Frannie

2020, oil on paper, 11.75 in x 16.5 in / 30 cm x 42 cm

I got this fuchsia for a rainy day, while my friend unknowingly got a tattoo of the same flower.