lost at coney island

lost at coney island

so the story goes that my brother got lost at coney island and here is the photo showing him looking for us, late 1950s. i am assuming the shot was taken by my dad, because he was the always the camera person. i have no idea who that man is, could he have been a...
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...