Statement
My work is a constellation of swirling images that intertwine stories of my kin and being a Quarter-Rican Florida girl living in the US South. Discovering their allegories of cultural expectations, historical revelations and vivid dreams; I found the crossroad of escape, myth and memory. What I make in the studio depicts narratives about connecting to these entities through dreaming bodies, found objects and colorful motifs. My practice is to create gravity-less realms into imaginary spaces that elude the traditional figure, platform simple artifacts and distort the horizon line. The characters and personal items tumble together in the sheets of nostalgia as they are in motion of swimming, sleeping and floating. My books, paintings and installations are inspired by memories of southern waters, grandmother's quilt and rocket launches. These memories are turned into illustrative aesthetics of outlines, layered color and repeating forms as I meet people, find beauty in the little things and feel the fast wind.