Other Oil Paintings
Reina (2023)
Oil canvas
30x24
Available
Some subjects choose you. I've returned to the Patterson Park Pagoda again and again: on film, on digital, in medium format, in oils with a palette knife, in watercolor, in gouache. Each time it gives me something different. This time, surrounded by cherry blossoms and rendered in oil pastels, it gave me warmth and explosion and light. A familiar landmark seen, once again, for the first time.
Alleyway In East Baltimore (2025)
Oil on panel
11x14
Available
This piece captures the quiet energy of an alley in East Baltimore. I was drawn to the tension between the dilapidated elements of the building and the notion that someone still lives there, nonetheless. Through expressive mark-making and tonal contrast, the work invites reflection on resilience, memory, and the quiet absurdity of living among ruins.
A Boat On the Eastern Shore (2024)
Oil on canvas
24x18
Available
The Eastern Shore has a way of holding onto things past their time and making them look noble for it. This old vessel, beached and breaking down, still carries its name on the hull. Still has its mast. There's something about that kind of dignified decay that stops you cold and makes you reach for a brush.
Cemi (2024)
Oil on canvas panel
24x18
Available
This painting is a personal homage to Taino/Arawak cemí imagery. I reinterpreted the carved stone forms into a simplified, abstracted figure that reads like a guardian or god.
My Wave (2024)
Oil on canvas
24x18
Available
This piece was inspired by memories of learning to surf back home in Puerto Rico. It was one of my first attempts at using palette knife and an impasto technique.
Mom, There’s Jellyfish in the Washer! (2024)
Oil on canvas panel
24x18
Available
Two worlds collided in the same week: the controlled chaos of starting a new career in property management and the hypnotic quiet of the jellyfish exhibit at the Baltimore Aquarium. Somehow they refused to stay separate. The washing machine drum became a tank. The mundane became a portal. This is what happens when your brain is processing two very different kinds of wonder at the same time.
Shades (2024)
Oil on canvas
24x18
Available
Pink was never supposed to be mine. Raised with all the usual cultural instructions about color and gender, I kept my distance from it for most of my life.
I made a decision to show up as myself — fully, deliberately. I ordered a pair of pink aviators. They arrived. I put them on. I painted them.
What looks like pop art is also a quiet act of reclamation. The color isn't ironic. It isn't a statement. It's just mine now.
My Friend, The Tree (2023)
Oil on canvas
24x18
Personal collection
A work of emotional provenance, painted during a period of personal upheaval and recovery. honors a tree that became a daily comfort during a difficult transition.
I visited it often while staying with a friend in the mountains of Western Maryland, and its steady presence felt like a gentle greeting.
A Girl And Her Old Bay (2023)
Oil on unstretched canvas sheet
9x12
Personal collection
This is my first official still life and a small, playful experiment. I chose a silly subject to mark a real shift in mood after a hard period. It’s a quiet celebration of recovery and the simple joy of making something that makes me smile.