Portals

Portals
2008 Acrylic on canvas and wood object, 80x 100 cm

Portals is a series of eight acrylic/oil paintings and handmade objects that inquire about ideas of space-time and progress, considering Mesoamerican and modern cosmology readings.

Skylight

2010 Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

Aurora

2009 Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

Thread

2009 Acrylic on board, 68 x 85.5 cm

Juego de Tablas

2009 Object made of pieces of wood frame

75 x 30 x 15 cm

Jacob’s ladder, a traditional Mexican toy, inspired me to explore the idea of progress; its several wooden blocks held by fabric strips unfold by gravity, giving the impression of advancing. I also made a ladder out of pieces of wooden frames, referencing the Mexican toy called ‘Juego de tablas,’ in which a small figure stumbles down a ladder.

Spirograph

2010 Acrylic on linen, 70 x 100 cm

Free Ticket

2009 Oil on board, 65 x 55 cm

Wood Object and acrylic paint, 17 x 14 cm

Journey

2009 Oil on board, 61.5 x 74 cm

Which Tree?

Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

Wood sticks with acrylic paint

In Portals, objects exist in diverse realms; in some cases, elements transmute when entering a different pictorial or physical space. The compression of time, space, and historical art references confers a collage quality.