Mugs

I made these with hopes of selling them in my etsy.com shop.

Paper Rose Wooden Frame

This is available for sale here.

Flowers

I really love making these. I used paper from an existentialist philosophy book and I love the elements that brings to these pieces.  I like to think flowers symbolize life forces and that this symbolism can be stretched to allow flowers to portray feminine energy. This always makes me think about how we identify femininity. Delicate, still, beautiful, silent, fragrant, sexy, etc. But being made from paper with words written on them it's like the flowers are trying to speak, questioning things that may be better left unquestioned.

Why do we exist?

Online Portfolio

I'm linking my online portfolio here. I re-used some of the work I uploaded here but the photos in the portfolio are much better quality. I'll be uploading new pieces to it soon.

Paper Rose Plaque

I've started making flowers out of paper and thought it might be nice to display them as artworks. These are giving me some interesting ideas...

By the way, this plaque is available for sale here.

Catching Up

After two years of confusion and self-doubt I've found my way back to art, finally. I had become discouraged about having a career in art after missing out on an opportunity to go to Los Angeles to finish a Bachelor's in Painting. I remained focused on the job I had at the time for a major human resources company and since I was doing very well there I chose to study business instead. Then I decided my life needed more fulfillment in serving others so I joined a non-profit. I then got married and had a child so I felt bread-winning was a top priority and thought nursing was for me.

I am now deciding to follow what I love doing and not let anything stop me.

Dana, Oil on Canvas

Drawings

Drawing

Sketches

This was fun to draw but my dad moves too much.

Landscapes

Another Still Life

These are the disassembled wooden easels I found in the corner of the painting studio at school.

Good

"Good," Oil on canvas. My lovely little sister posing for the companion piece to "Evil," a self portrait I did last month.

Sketches

Danae

Another pregnancy piece; Danae was a daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice (no relation to Orpheus' Eurydice). She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus. She was sometimes credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium.

source: Wikipedia

Nude Portrait with Swirls

A little redundant, but oh well.

So I guess this is the time for self portraits. This one didn't take very long, surprisingly.

Ballerina

Because I've always admired Alicia Alonso and Paloma Herrera among other latin american ballerinas. I'm giving it to a close friend's little sister who is also a ballerina :)

La Gravida

Another self-portrait, only this time with much much more symbolism. I might change it a little before I enter it in a school contest.

Self Portrait

Done in oils, I feel this painting is a pretty good representation/interpretation/whatever of myself right now. Sigh.

Oil Paintings

Still Life

These were done for my beginning painting class. I know, I know. Beginning. . . Ugh! Anyway, here's a preview on what I'm working on now:

Peppers

Drawings

Raising Awearness

Raising Awearness is a business baby shower for the Bear Threads and Aliakim brainchild, Mikaila Brown. Aliakim, Inc. is a fashion line designed to use the aesthetic power of fashion and inspiration from social activism as a means to empower women and Bear Threads, Inc. is an educational program that brings impoverished youth a mouthpiece with which to voice the concerns they hold in their communities around the world, again using fashion to do so. This party was held last night at Deluxe Arts Gallery in Wynwood, FL and featured a fashion show, two dj's and a drummer, a step and capoeira dance, and a live painting event by artists Natalie Almanza, Max Marin, Adrian Molina and myself.










Above, Communal drawing by event attendees.
Below, Live painting table.

For this event, I produced 4 paintings, 6 sculptures, designed 4 box decorations and organized the live painting. I don't think I've ever been more productive and I feel very good about it. I've gotten a taste of what I'm capable of and it along with the work process feels like a tremendous hunger pang. Work or no work, I think I will always feel like a starving artist.

Untitled, plaster & joint compound cast. Bag design by Mikaila Brown.

Untitled, plaster & joint compound cast. Bag design by Mikaila Brown.

Untitled, plaster & joint compound cast. Bag design by Mikaila Brown.

Untitled, plaster & joint compound arm & grenade cast.

Untitled, plaster & joint compound. Bag design by Mikaila Brown.

"Bear Threads" acrylic and thread on canvas, hand stitched 9" x 12"

"Aliakim" acrylic on canvas 11" x 14"

"Afrikim" acrylic on plaster cast 9" x 10"

Untitled, acrylic on canvas 18" x 24"
This is the one I painted live. I don't like this one as much as the others, but oh well.

2 of the 4 box decorations I made.