This is a series of works inspired on reflecting the similarities that unite human beings rather than the apparent “differences” that divide us.

I truly believe that if we leave behind all our mental barriers, such us political orientations, religions, racial identification, and multiple other creations of our mind, we will blossom as humans being. Realizing that we aren’t that different from each other as we thought, we were and that most of our judgments against other are merely a reflection of our own shadows (Carl Young). 

We live our lives experimenting the world through our minds rather than through our hearts. The mind judges what it sees, labeling people and situations, therefore it separates us from each other, making it easier to point our finger at others rather than look at ourselves.

I believe, the blossoming of a flower represents the beginning of life, a symbol of nature at its most harmonious state, a representation of love. This is the reason why I chose this form of nature for this series of works. Regardless of the combinations of colors and shapes, flower always exude beauty, an inner beauty that comes from the inside of its nature, a true beauty.

The choice of using animal erasers show the diversity that our beautiful world withholds. Through this combination of all kind animals coexisting harmoniously and exuding beauty. I express my beliefs that it is possible, that one day we will all be able to bloom, just like a flower in nature.

In this site-specific installation “Noah’s Ark”, I talk about the relationship between Mother Nature and Human Beings. We mistakenly think about Mother nature as something that is outside of us, at our service and to control and take as we pleased.

Mother nature is in all of us. We are the oceans, the forest, the animals and they are within in us as well. We are all interrelated and part of a perfect system only unbalance by the inability to see us in the world around us, including in other humans as well. This social conception that we are separated from each other and from nature, has been the main challenge that the human race and all civilizations have faced.

My hope is that one day we’ll be able to see ourselves and all around us as one thing only. This will end harm, greed and many other miseries created by the human mind. Until then, we will have to learn one step at a time and expand our consciousness little by little. We will get there, I’m positive. When? When we are ready to.

This is an inner process that its results reflect outside not the other way around. We must cultivate our inner self first. We have wars, because there are wars in the heart of all of us. We have hate, because we don’t fully accept and love who we truly are. We fear others because we fear our own thoughts and self. This list can go on and on, almost endlessly. It all comes down to one goal to stop living our life through our mind and start living life through our hearts instead. The mind judges, labels situations and people, and sees the bad in other, but is incapable to recognize it in itself; therefore, divides us. The heart is the only part of us capable of experience compassion, love and our true nature of what we truly are as human beings. 

This series of works are related to “Blooming”. Using a figurative object such as erasers I aim to create an abstract form that for association represents to our consciousness a vision of a world. In this “world” there aren’t borders that limit us from each other. In this world, we are all together with a sense of freedom and harmony in which we express throughout the combination of colors we witness in nature. In these worlds, there is unity amongst all living creature of these planets. Nature and the people, becomes one, breaking the concept that Mother Nature is at the disposition and use for us humans, under our control. My goal is to end this feeling of entitlement that we have towards nature, so we can start seeing it as part of us rather than something outside ourselves.

Japanese Puzzle erasers

34” diameter by 8” depth

Unique piece

2020

An imaginary land full of wonders and magic. That place that “Once upon a time…” we used to visit as kids though our stories and imagination. A place that we should all visit more often, specially as an adult. Like Mencious said “A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.”

These are maps of imaginary lands and oceans, those who describe our wishes and fantasies.  Each patch of color splashes the surface with movements and textures and like in an abstract painting, these patterns are guided by the emotions rather than rationalism.

The need of creating and abstract work from a figurative form (animal eraser), expresses the duality of reality and the ability inhabit in us of experiencing the world we believe we are in through our conditional perception of reality.

In a world marked by individuality and diversity, “Alegria” reminds us that beneath the surface, we all share a common existence on this planet. It emphasizes that, like these animal erasers, we may appear distinct, but in our shared space, we are, in essence, part of the same intricate and beautiful puzzle of life. This piece serves as a gentle reminder of the importance of recognizing and celebrating our common humanity while embracing the rich tapestry of differences that make our world truly unique.