“It’s all about the dolls baby!” If you remember that line, you are probably older than I am and know what the “dolls” are. The term faded many years ago but could easily serve as an inspiration to today’s culture that is openly obsessed with pills! I may or may not admit to my own personal research into this genre but I may admit to maybe have heard, or possibly been told, that during these pill popped “journeys”, one can finds themselves completely connected to everyone and everything around them. This connection, so I hear (wink), is based on love and an advanced feeling of enlightenment where creativity, colors, emotions flow freely. Are the Dolls bad for you or are they a reminder to how repressed a nation of “free” thinkers we have become?
Butter makes everything yummier doesn’t it? When you taste something delicious it’s almost always because of butter! This piece is slightly different than the rest as it’s more digital than the others. It has pieces from other paintings comprising it and those elements, like butter, add to the overall flavor, a deep and rich flavor, it can almost fly! Imagine that, a Butter-fly!
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Self Portrait gives my viewers just a small peek inside a single moment in my creative consciousness. I welcome you inside the chaotic maelstrom that I go through everyday, just about all day long. You will find that my brain, amongst other things, is always moving in full color and awash with surreal images. One can easily find fierce dogs barking, while making no sounds at all, held back by sexy, leather clad women trying their best to keep order in my inner world! This is a moment in a world that guides my images, despite all the madness, noise, or lack thereof I feel fortunate to be its keeper.
“On the NY transit line…” time for some fun. The drawing for this piece, like most from this show, is over 15 years older than the painting! The Engine No. 9 title comes from the Black Sheep song, which was never the inspiration for the art; it just popped up as I neared its completion. I love when random things in life work themselves out. Someone told me (I cant remember who, Nerelys or Gabriela) that I was manifesting. That’s a powerful thing to hear, ponder and then believe. Because of the spiritual and creative seeds I have planted in the universe, the universe was now giving back, and that feels like a wondrous train of prosperity bearing down on me! I wish I could write like I paint to really describe how it all feels!
Inspired by South Beach’s Memorial Day “festivities” of 2011, I began to wonder, when did having a weapon become part of the nightlife fashion? Are guns the “must have” accessory on the list right after socks or a nice tie? If this is the case, shouldn’t we start blinging them out? Golden gats? Bedazzled Kevlar? I say, let’s embrace the summer’s newest statement; let’s bring back the hip, leather hip-holster, by Armani! I find guns to be quite sexy and not just because of the power they posses, but also because of their lines and perfect ergonomics; maybe they are the ultimate fashion statement!
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A very good friend of mine* used to send random surreal texts to his wife, for no reason at all, one of them read: “Beware the Man in the Pink Suit!” I found that one-liner so completely hysterical it stuck in my head, and so, I pondered further… Who is this man? Why should you beware him? What is he up to? Is he plotting something; is he up to no good? Whatever this pink clad man’s agenda, perhaps he should heed his own warning before tampering with traffic signals!
*Jamie, we all miss you, rest in peace and in love.
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A very fabulous painter friend (Mr. Popa, aka Conan) once told me that I’m always in control of my paintings and that I am the “master” of my works, which I kind of knew already; I think it’s a Virgo thing. He on the other hand, is the exact opposite because when he paints, he is the slave and his painting is his master. That really blew my mind. The painting is the master to the artist? Even now, as much as I understand it, I still find it hard to fathom. It’s a control thing that as an artist, I’m not disciplined enough to relinquish. My paintings and I and to some extent, you, the viewer, all dance together simultaneously. We form a trio but who is leading? Who is in charge? I don’t know if I’m the puppeteer in this performance; I only know that if I am, I am completely content in that role!
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The cards don’t lie; it’s people you can never be sure about! A “tell” is any physical reaction, behavior or habit that gives (tells) other people (players) information about your hand (situation). Wouldn’t that be something special if applied to real life rather than a card game? We should all work at getting our “tell” telling abilities to be as sharp as a sword, one which we can use to defend ourselves from all the lies surrounding us; lies in advertising, politics, corporations and even from bosses or lovers, (especially lovers) since we allow them to get so physically and emotionally close to us. The popularity of Poker has brought the “tell” into mainstream consciousness; we should all become skilled at discovering The Tells!
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Mettle is a word we hardly hear in every day life. Dictionaries define mettle simply as “courage and fortitude; an inherent quality of character and temperament.” It seems there is a basic lack of mettle these days, where people took struggle, discomfort and pain and turned it into something positive; Song, food, dance, art all took some kind of mettle. Today is all about internetting, digitizing and socializing completely in solitude. I hope the children of tomorrow will change that. Maybe today’s youth will find new forms interaction. Maybe the children of tomorrow will forge their own kind of mettle!
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Le dije a la luna, me duele la memoria.
De un Amor, que regale, mientas sangraba tus cicatrices.
Corrían las gotas por mi dedos, a besar la lengua azul de la playa.
Devoraste mi sed.
Seguía rascando mis venas pero nunca le encontré un pulso.
Tu pedestal de arena, difumino las yemas de luz que nació en mis ojos.
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Over a decade ago, with the help of my beautiful friend, Gina, I set about my first photo shoot. There was no set, bad lighting and little knowledge of my camera but I did have Gina and what we captured, albeit poorly lit, were some very sexy moments. Moments that would take me this long to finally complete into something worthy of displaying and showing. As I have often said, it’s the really difficult pieces that you grow and learn the most from and this piece is just that. Had the photos from this shoot come out amazing I would never have ventured into incorporating Gina into the graffiti swirls and shapes encircling her image. Gina, the poorly lit image forced me to learn more photoshop, enough to save her. It’s always better to try something to possibly gain knowledge than to not try, using lack of knowledge as an excuse.
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I want to dip in your eyes.
Feel the pedals on my feet.
Peel my skin so you can discovery me.
Mixes seeping through my pores.
Your scratches itching on my skin.
The bass palpitate my bones.
Feeling your beat fester in my veins.
It’s an iridescent high better than my virtuous maryjanes.
I Hide in your wicked smile, chained.
I heard a stat the other day, over 100,000 porn websites are launched…ready… daily! Yes daily! That’s a lot of Porn, that’s a lot of people filming their sexual escapades! Porn revenue is larger than all revenues of professional football, baseball, and basketball franchises, combined! US porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, & NBC (6.2 billion)! Porn is weaved into the underlying fabric of all our lives, regardless of what country you’re from. It’s everywhere, even if you aren’t seeing it! I say it’s probably the most profitable, prominent and powerful vice of them all! You gotta love Porn! Here are some more fun facts about porn!
Porn Industry Statistics
Size of the Industry $57.0 billion
worldwide – $12.0 billion in the, god bless the US!
Adult Videos-$20.0 billion
Magazines-$7.5 billion
Sex Clubs-$5.0 billion
Internet-$2.5 billion
Novelties-$1.0 billion
Moans and groans-free
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This is not a painting about my first love from high school, although, it is secretly dedicated to her. Her blond petite-ness, her innocence, our combined naiveté and this painting are all about those times- those magical moments of “first times!” Remember when kiss lasted for hours and hours and your jaw was sore from it the entire next day, and that excitement was enough for you?! Remember when holding hands made you feel amazingly special? This is my painting dedicated to that first special someone, the first time you felt your heart pound! Through modern wonders (Facebook), I am fortunately back in touch with my first love but its different, she’s an adult, a mom, and we don’t share the same views on things anymore. We’re merely grown-ups now, but we share the same beginnings. Time can’t change all the first times we experienced together, and that’s something to relish!
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We are consumed with power! More than any other vice, power is as destructive and intoxicating. Power, and the abuse of power has lead to many of societies darkest moments, and so many have been hurt by the abuse of power coming from so few. The allure of power is so desirable that it influences almost every other vice. It’s the seedy, dark and dangerous vice. Power is the vice desired more than even wealth, because when one controls billions, what’s left?
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