For my artwork, “It’s Okay to Feel”, I have chosen to focus on a message of love and support that can connect with viewers. Large simplified shapes and a softened color palette invite viewers to explore the mural, offer them emotional validation, and encourage selfies with it — perfect for downtown locals and visitors.

These flowers come from my imaginarium, and my monochromatic dreams. I wanted to deconstruct the idea of perfection, employing sketchy flowers, leaves and grass, in order to create an abstract, and chaotic image that would look simultaneously aesthetically appealing.

This piece is in a black and white pop art style with a splash of color. It shows two popular characters from the past in a modern way with Snapchat filters. As if they are apart of the modern day of social media and filters. I incorporated my signature style of dripping, splashing and graffiti background design to ensure originality and my personal take on the past colliding with the present.

An illustrated portrait of Marvin Zindler in a frame of ice and slime with his sign off line featured on the back.

I wanted to paint something that would be family friendly and colorful, and my love for animals (namely felines) prompted me to illustrate a mother tiger and her cubs. My color palette reflects the street art I observed on a recent trip to Austin – I didn’t want to use conventional colors for things we recognize, hence the tigers being pink.

Inspired by an insatiable curiosity about understanding the self and the role of social and cultural expectation in the construction of identity, my artistic practice approaches the topic of identity, self-representation and belonging in multiple ways. Through the use of color theory, surreal scenes, and minimalist details I create portraits that through constructive and deconstructive methods are cut and reassembled to create a new image. The work expresses self-referential questions and aims to connect to ideas of social construction of reality.

Inspired by the many names and identities of Houston, reflecting the multiple feelings that the city arouses. The vintage comic-style ‘Bright Future Bear’ graphic was inspired by Houston’s history as an integral part of the space race and the city’s hope for a positive future.

The “Hieronymus Box” is a Houstonian take on Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Delights.” Patterns and colors from Bosch’s masterwork are applied to images of iconic Houstonians, Houston landmarks, and local flora and fauna to create a digital collage of acHoustonian Eden. This piece is also a tribute to Selena and DJ Screw on the respective 25th and 20th anniversaries of their passing. Selena’s image is repeated throughout the piece, and DJ Screw’s image emerges from a field of blue bonnets as DJ Screw Bonnet, an eternal artist rising from the fields of Texas.

This mini mural is based on an original mixed media painting which consisted of a digitally designed print and acrylic paint. Time is our most valuable currency. Money is a necessity but how are we choosing to spend our time? This piece is a reminder of how precious that choice is. The 3 clocks representing New York, London, and Tokyo are the 3 largest stock exchanges in the world. The digitally printed background consists of currency from each of those cities. The repeated backwards message reads, “INVEST WISELY” and the hidden message is “IT’S JUST PAPER.”

Untitled is an homage to Houston’s history in the space program. It shows four different astronauts at play in front of a colorful galaxy backdrop.

There is an expression in Puerto Rican Spanish: Cada guaraguao tiene su pitirre. According to ornithologist Virgilio Biaggi: “When, in Puerto Rico, we see a small bird pursuing and tormenting a large bird, especially a guaraguao, the odds are ten to one that the small bird is a pitirre.” The “guaraguao” is a hawk. The “pitirre” is a kingbird. When the predatory guaraguao invades the territory of the pitirre, this two-ounce bird defends her young in the nest with such ferocity that the startled hawk dives away in retreat. What this expression literally means is that every hawk has his kingbird. Every Goliath has his David. Two years ago a get to Houston after Hurricane Maria, change everything I knew. Today I’m in a better place. There’s no giant that can not be defeated. Just belive in your self.

This digital pop art piece is meant to inspire and draw in the viewer. I like to think of it as an active message piece of art; bringing a sense of hope, excitement and fun to all that pass by and urging them to be the star of their own show.

This design is about what is currently going on in the world and that we need to come together with love and kindness to protect where we all live. The hand represent “love” in the alphabet sign language and the bodies are children since their are the future for next generations. Plus children are pure and by use destroying the earth we aren’t helping them live on. The hands are the colors of different races as well. The four problems I chose are the Australian bush fire, Global warming/climate change, Corona virus and Wars.