The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
Robert Henri
The power of the suggestive is much greater than the statement of reality.
C.W. Mundy
I AM nothing WITHOUT MY EYES!









Before we traveled to Europe in 2018, we became interested in urban sketching as a way to slow down the pace of tourism by sitting and deeply focusing on a particular scene. We sketched through Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Costa Brava, and Paris. It was wonderful.
Returning to Oaxaca, I dabbled in it but still worked on the larger format watercolors. When we closed our gallery due to the pandemic, I decided to focus more on urban sketching. I enjoyed the smaller format and the quick turnaround of the work. It’s what I’m most focused on to this day.
After working in watercolor for a few years, I somehow got it into my head that oils get more respect in the art world so I started playing with them. I fell in love with the work of Richard Schmid, Kevin MacPherson, and C.W. Mundy.
The process of oil painting, and more the smells of it took me back to my childhood at mother’s side watching her paint and sitting for a portrait.
In the year I took to close up shop in the U.S. and move to Oaxaca, I somehow became interested in video as an interesting pastime and way to document my life in Oaxaca.
Doing these short videos has given me a great appreciation for the movie maker’s craft, and for why it’s so expensive to make one.
My first camera was a basic Kodak loaded with black and white film which I carried with me when my grandmother took my middle brother and me on a heritage tour of Washington D.C. and Philadelphia when I was 11y.o. There were a lot of shots of things from a distance, including a speck of a hawk.
Later my big brother returned from Viet Nam with a bunch of Pentax cameras. When I lived in South America in my early 20’s I had one with me. I’ve always used them since, a Spotmatic, K-1000, ME Super, K-20D, K-7, K-5, and a K-3.
My photo library has around 10,000 images. Don’t worry, I won’t inflict them all on you.
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