I went to paint at night at Brickell in a corner and got an abstract night scene. I observed a love triangle discussion, screaming and fighting. So I painted stars and explosions in a cartoon like style.
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Goddesses
I wanted to do a painting about women raising women. I drew a grandmother, mother, aunt and a daughter. The painting was too literal. I turn them all into goddesses of different ages. To tell the story more interestingly I picked a cartoon that had girls influencing other girls, animals and or boys.
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Everglades
I went to paint from life at Shark Valley, the Everglades. It is where the Miccossukee nation resides. The third time around I drew in my sketchbook Micky going in the water, so I painted him. I added the birds goddess. Then I continue to paint cultural icons and found portraits.
Work in progress, 2009
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Koshare Indian Museum Installation
One Man show. Koshare Indian Art Museum, La Junta, Colorado
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Kachinas
A while back I grew some corn and let it dry. I decided to paint the corn kernels really large and in colors that mother earth gave us. In a dream I saw kachinas dancing celebrating the corn. So I sketch several kachinas and made them live within the painting.
Koshare Indian Museum, CO
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Sonico
I painted a corn field from life. I wanted to make all the corn blue as in the New Mexico and Andean blue corn. Later on playing with one of my sons I saw his collection of Sonic videos. I was inspired to add him flying through the fields with other gods.
Gallery 21, Tallahassee, FL
Permanent collection of Mr. Mrs. Dr. K, Saint Petersburg, FL
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Miami
In a series of dreams I saw a love scene were mother earth and the sky kissed. I drew many sketches to understand how to tell the story. I added trains and found pictures throughout the landscape.
Hortt Competition, Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Bean Gods
I painted a spiritual, dream like portrait of San Martin de Porras. He is revered as an African-Peruvian saint from the 1,600′s. Somehow as I drew sketches I wanted him to become a Native American god as well so I painted over San Martin; thus truly transforming him into a bean god. I kept his head.
Koshare Indian Museum, La Junta, CO
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Picaflores
I painted a corn field at night. It took me three nights to paint from life at dusk the field. The last night I heard the sound of a million bugs. for a minute I saw many fireflies as well. They felt like messengers. This was a sign. So I painted winged gods going through the fields. I ussed Mochica-Chimu motifs to depict the birds and insects.
Koshare Indian Museum, CO
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Musa
I was inspired to make pictures of godesses and greek myths.