my mother was here

my mother was here

my mother lives in NY, but she was transitioning from her apartment to my sister’s apartment, so she came out to AZ while all the details were done. that took four and a half months. so to entertain my mom and keep my hand in doing some work myself, i took out...
family revisited

family revisited

using the same style and method of the original family photo paintings, these are more of the same. i did change my style a little by adding some moody backgrounds and a little freer interpretations of the faces.  see the...
grandpa

grandpa

breaking away from my two layered style with “fragments” i was totally experimenting with this one. i made 4 layers of color and worked over each after removing the original photo.  this is a cherished photo of my grandpa playing with me and my cousin...
making bracelets

making bracelets

after making some bracelets and crafty things to sell for my local central phoenix • inez casiano NOW chapter i thought it would be fun to make more bracelets to sell. i had made crocheted earrings before and wanted to use a lot of the beads that i had, and also that...
fragments revisited

fragments revisited

fragments revisited is a continuation of fragments of women in america. i usually just do the parts of the image that is the body without the clothes, but i also like the clothes themselves and in this case “painted” the clothes on separate layers in procreate so that...