San Francisco Muralist & Fine Artist | Live Painting

San Francisco Muralist & Fine Artist | Live Painting

Portfolio 2023

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One of my murals was added to Pokémon GO 🎮 @pokemongoapp
I love the idea of people discovering 🎨public art while exploring their neighborhoods whether walking by or finding it through the game.
Art is for everyone, in every kind of space. T

Last week I had the joy of visiting San Francisco University High School to talk with two incredible classes about my exhibit at the Jackson Street Gallery 🎨✨

Huge thank you to the amazing student curators and instructors who invited me — you

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🎨✨ Artist talk Somos tierra que anda tonight.
I’ll be sharing photos, stories, and the experiences that inspired this series.
🗓️ Today • November 14 • 6:00 pm
📍 AFA Auditorium, Santa Catalina 208
🎟️ Free entry
I’d love to se

💫 Thank you so much to everyone who came out last Wednesday to the opening of “Somos Tierra Que Anda – Stories of Migration Told Through Art” at Alianza Francesa Arequipa! 🎨 @af_arequipa

It meant so much to see friends, family &

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✨🖼️Los espero mañana sábado 8 a las 5:00pm en la Alianza Francesa para la primera visita guiada de “Somos Tierra que Anda”
🖼️ ✨Looking forward to seeing tomorrow for the first guided visit to my solo exhibition “ So

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🎨Quedan invitado/as a la inauguración de mi exposición “ Somos tierra que anda” este miércoles en la Alianza Francesa de Arequipa @af_arequipa. ¡Nos vemos! 🇵🇪

🎨 You’re warmly invited to the opening

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🖌️ On my easel today: a detail from a new painting in progress — part of my migrant/immigrant series. Still unfolding, still becoming.

#artinprogress #artiststudio #sfart #sfartist #migrantstories #migrantes #immigrantvoices #oilpainting #ta

Another of my newest paintings, “La cosecha también sueña”, has also found its new home this weekend ! 🏡✨ Thank you Patty and David for purchasing this piece and connecting with the heart behind the work 🙏🏽💛

This painti

One of my newest #oilpaintings, “Camisas blancas, campos dorados”, found a new home today in El Cerrito, CA! 🏡✨

Thank you so much to Estella and Gary for supporting my work 🎨💛
This piece honors the strength and dignity of migrant farm

On this International Workers’ Day, I’m sharing newest painting in my series honoring farm workers.

These portraits are a gesture of gratitude—for the strength, endurance, and humanity of the people who harvest our food 🌾.
Their w

🖼️ Hot off the easel and just in time to honor the hands that feed us.

This new oil painting is a tribute to the countless farm workers who labor under the sun ☀️, season after season, so that food can reach our tables 🍎🌽.

They leave their homes

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