paradise

72” x 48”. oil on canvas, human bone (metacarpals). 2018.

painting from my solo show, "No Vacancy".

“No Vacancy” is a contemplation of existential duality in the contemporary Hyphen-American experience. A spectrum of materials are employed to create narrative friction, exploring the liminal zones of belonging and estrangement, and the overarching concern of life and death. A counterstory that is informed by ethnographic and modern imagery, "No Vacancy" calls into question where to locate "home" in both the physical and inner realms.