Some albums are played a few times, then forgotten; others are meant to travel with you throughout your life, celebrating your triumphs and consoling you in dark times. Their music becomes intertwined with memory, keeping moments alive long after the moments themselves have passed.
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After a long month spent renovating this site and consolidating an image I have been refining for the past four years, I am at last happy to say I am ready to return to my drawing table. It may not be obvious to most people, but a website plays an important role in an artist’s life. I think of my site as my online home; I want it to be inviting and represent me.
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The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting From Museo de Arte de Ponce
Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
February 1st – May 24th, 2026
The Crocker Art Museum in midtown Sacramento is an oasis amid the hustle and bustle of the city, offering a culturally rich, meditative space. Built in 1871, the Crocker is the oldest museum in the Western United States, and it boasts a collection that encompasses California, American, and European art.
The past five years have been an extraordinary period of growth. During that time, the vision I’ve carried for the past four decades finally became a reality: I embraced an aesthetic that has enthralled me for years and began incorporating ideas and concerns into my work that I had previously been unable to fully express.
Forty years ago, I was standing in the small bedroom I occupied in my parents’ home in Fresno, packing my things and getting ready to move to San Francisco to start classes at the Academy of Art College.
Building a vision is a lifetime’s work. That vision begins with an internal revelation; you see something, and it changes your life forever. Over time, often years, and in some cases decades, the vision comes to fruition piece by piece. Eventually, you reach the threshold toward which the previous years have been leading. There’s no turning back. Now the vision must enter the world on its own terms.