"Botanico" - original artwork
“Botanico”
Oil on canvas
42.5x59”
This is the largest piece I’ve ever done. I wasn’t expecting to like it, it was just raw canvas stapled to my studio wall. This was a piece I worked on during the college strike (remember that? Yeah it sucked). Every year on the “deaddadiversary” I take a trip and get out and get overstimulated. Mainly because it falls on the same weekend as Father’s Day (adding insult to injury, Universe, huh?) and I didn’t want to serve happy families at my restaurant/service jobs. The original reference photo for this piece was taken in the botanical gardens at the university of Mexico City, a city in which my best friend in the world lives. Of course I modified the colours, and took long mindful brushstrokes around the pink outlines. Time gets warped by grief. Sometimes you’re shot into the future without realizing. Other times you’ve spent the afternoon in the past. Sometimes when you’re laying awake it seems like that moment lasts for a decade. Staring at the outline of this plant and following its contours felt mindful, and kept me in the present. Did I crack meditation?
Talk about the tough stuff.
Nothing helps, but it kind of helps.
- Work is ready to hang
- Work is designed to challenge audience's perception of what's in front of them, and bring their subconscious mind into play
- Work is inspired by the succulents and tropical plants found in botanical gardens in Mexico City
- Work is hoping to initiate the Relaxation Response and offer cognitive benefits to viewers
“Botanico”
Oil on canvas
42.5x59”
This is the largest piece I’ve ever done. I wasn’t expecting to like it, it was just raw canvas stapled to my studio wall. This was a piece I worked on during the college strike (remember that? Yeah it sucked). Every year on the “deaddadiversary” I take a trip and get out and get overstimulated. Mainly because it falls on the same weekend as Father’s Day (adding insult to injury, Universe, huh?) and I didn’t want to serve happy families at my restaurant/service jobs. The original reference photo for this piece was taken in the botanical gardens at the university of Mexico City, a city in which my best friend in the world lives. Of course I modified the colours, and took long mindful brushstrokes around the pink outlines. Time gets warped by grief. Sometimes you’re shot into the future without realizing. Other times you’ve spent the afternoon in the past. Sometimes when you’re laying awake it seems like that moment lasts for a decade. Staring at the outline of this plant and following its contours felt mindful, and kept me in the present. Did I crack meditation?
Talk about the tough stuff.
Nothing helps, but it kind of helps.
- Work is ready to hang
- Work is designed to challenge audience's perception of what's in front of them, and bring their subconscious mind into play
- Work is inspired by the succulents and tropical plants found in botanical gardens in Mexico City
- Work is hoping to initiate the Relaxation Response and offer cognitive benefits to viewers
“Botanico”
Oil on canvas
42.5x59”
This is the largest piece I’ve ever done. I wasn’t expecting to like it, it was just raw canvas stapled to my studio wall. This was a piece I worked on during the college strike (remember that? Yeah it sucked). Every year on the “deaddadiversary” I take a trip and get out and get overstimulated. Mainly because it falls on the same weekend as Father’s Day (adding insult to injury, Universe, huh?) and I didn’t want to serve happy families at my restaurant/service jobs. The original reference photo for this piece was taken in the botanical gardens at the university of Mexico City, a city in which my best friend in the world lives. Of course I modified the colours, and took long mindful brushstrokes around the pink outlines. Time gets warped by grief. Sometimes you’re shot into the future without realizing. Other times you’ve spent the afternoon in the past. Sometimes when you’re laying awake it seems like that moment lasts for a decade. Staring at the outline of this plant and following its contours felt mindful, and kept me in the present. Did I crack meditation?
Talk about the tough stuff.
Nothing helps, but it kind of helps.
- Work is ready to hang
- Work is designed to challenge audience's perception of what's in front of them, and bring their subconscious mind into play
- Work is inspired by the succulents and tropical plants found in botanical gardens in Mexico City
- Work is hoping to initiate the Relaxation Response and offer cognitive benefits to viewers