Ivan

I loved working on this piece! It just flowed!!! This is my friend Ivan who is into Poker and has a mischievous personality. I decided keep the mood of the painting a little mysterious by lighting him from the bottom up and asking him to assume that intriguing pose...
"Poker Face"
36"x24"
Oil on Canvas

Japanese Anime Anyone?

The following is a portrait of my sister in which I decided to give a subtle reference to Japanese animation by using this typical pose of "damsel in distress." I really enjoyed this piece...

"Viviana"

24"x30"

Oil on Canvas

Paolo

This is the painting I did of my boyfriend. I wanted something that would be reminiscent of architecture, so I put him in a high vantage point (you can see the buildings in the back) and he is sitting in a Barcelona Chair, which is an icon of furniture design by German American architect Mies van der Rohe...

"Paolo"

6'x4'

Oil on Canvas

Self-Portrait

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am back!!! I left town for the Holiday Season to spend some time in my homeland, but now I want to share with you the work I produced during my thesis...

"Self-Portrait"

18"x36"

Oil on Canvas

Official Invitation

Here is the official invitation for this year's Master in Art Education Exhibition (I was the designer). It will take place at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum... I will have four or five paintings featured. Hope to see you all there!!!!

Thesis Teaser

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I turned in my thesis!!!!!! Woo-hoo!!!!

The final presentation is not until December 3rd, but the only things left to do now are minor adjustments...

I just wanted to give you a little teaser of what I will be presenting and I wanted to invited you to our Master Thesis Show taking place December 8th from 6pm to 9pm at the Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum... Official invitation to be posted soon....

This painting is part of my series and one of my favorites. The man that changed my life and made me the painter I am today: Professor David Y. Chang...

Enjoy!!!

Professor Chang

24"x36"

Oil on Canvas

For Yvette...

Just as a small break from my thesis, I created this colorful bromeliad... This time I experimented with quartz crystals in order to create my own surface for the pastels. I learned this technique while I studied with Daniel Greene... I applied it to masonite board, and I have to confess I missed the "bounce" that you get when you work on something softer, so next time I will do this same experiment on canvas. I'll let you know how it goes...

"Polychromatic Bromeliad"

10"x10"

25.4 cm x 24.5 cm

Pastel on Masonite Board

Available for sale here