In the past decade, my artistic production has centered primarily in the intersectionality between spatial habitats and architecture. I focus on the dichotomy of seemingly opposing areas: the perception of landscape aesthetics vs. the tangible physical experience of the inhabitable space around us.

My paintings are constructed with dense layers of paint and beeswax that alter the original appearance of structures, creating a new architectural space overtaken by secondary ecological processes of succession and change. A change rooted in the violent clash between the exuberant tropical flora vs the abandoned structure in decay. This collision is the genesis and vehicle I employ  to establish visual metaphors that incite the audience to question the antithesis and absurdity of existing social narratives.

My work is a reflection of the environment that surrounds me, the community I belong to, the history that shaped me, and the pursuit of social justice. I am interested in presenting an aesthetic omen that instigates reflection on the future landscape and eventual unfolding reality.

I polemicize Puerto Rico’s colonial history, constructed environment and vernacular architecture while referencing regional literature and the Caribbean island context through its complex political nuanced history.

I am passionate about architecture as a reflection of culture, which embodies the identity and values of our society, and also reflects its successes and failures. This is apparent not only in the physical environment but also in the psychological impact on inhabitants. These themes recur frequently in my perception of the spaces I encounter and the spaces I reside. As Gaston Bachelard suggests in Poetics of Space… “It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality”. In the act of painting is where I find this state.