pieces from winter/spring 2012

"Interior Exploration"--I don't know what to say about this piece really except that it's meant to touch on discovery or mystery, or something beautiful that takes us by surprise

"The Beauty Queen of La Vega"--I never actually met this little girl, but as soon as her eyes started looking back at me as I was painting, I couldn't help but get a bit teary-eyed

"Lowering the Drawbridge"--referencing the lowering of the drawbridge of the heart

"Planted"--more or less referencing how those times when we feel a part of ourselves is being forced to die or be buried can also be looked at as being planted

"Yalu's Prince Charming"--a little heart-breaker of a fellow named Freddie from a photo taken at his home out in the western Guatemalan highlands