Artist Statement:

My art comes from community. The subjects are lost souls. These are people that are living on the street. Often I come across
individuals who are very colorful and I sketch them. I draw people who are so oblivious to the fact that I am making studies of them. When I paint and draw I do not plan, I just sketch and it out comes. I want my images to be vibrant. I want my figures to speak to the audience that it attracts. I want my art to be an analog with that of the insane. My drawings are geared toward the images I come across every day. I work at a mental hospital. This has greatly influenced my work, the issues that I address are that of addiction and mental health when creating my works , I seek to produce an awareness of these issues I do this by creating images which I title “haunting images”. These are a series of masked figures who are the subjects within my body of works in producing these works, I hope to peak an interest in those haunting images and have my audience search for what they may represent. I am abstract artist who major medium is oils. However, I do gather other supplies from my environment, thrift stores and the trash. By combing all these elements, it actually leaves the viewer wandering, hmmm, “what medium was used”?

Education
Moore College of Art and Design Bachelor of 2D Fine Arts with a certificate in Art Education

Exhibitions
2008 - "Frida and Me, Common Threads" Projects Gallery, Philadelphia
2007 - Exhibition at USDA's George Washington Carver Cente
- Opiniones/ Percepciones Exhibition - Gettysburg College
- Raices Cuturales Latino Americanos/Vereda Cultural en el Centro de Oro - "Retrospective" Paintings/ Mixed Media
- Senior Show Moore College of Art and Design
- Temple Episcopal Hospital- Community Artist Exhibition
2006 - The School District of Philadelphia Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration- Group Exhibition - Coral Street Art House Exhibition-"Visions of A Community" Group Show
2004 - The Philadelphia Sketch Club- "Those Who Teach" Group Show
2003 - "Cascarones Por La Vida-" Silent Art Exhibition and Reception, Painted Bride Art Center
1989 - Mosaic Mural Participation- St. Gabriel's Friends Community Center located at Front and Boulevard Streets

Publications
Moore annual campaign fundraiser brochure
All about me Moore school catalogue 2007
Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc., How A.I.D.S. Affects You! - July 1998
The Spirit Community Newspaper, "Connecting Communities with Art" page 5,19
Interview with Hannah Loper- June 14, 2006
NAWCROWPA design artwork cover, for the Annual Campaign Anniversary Booklet- September 2000

Awards
Fall 2006 Dean's List
May 2007 Lilly Schultz Award in 2-Dimensional Fine Arts