Mexican Border
Sicario, 2024 oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 24 x 48” Based on a scene from the 2015 movie, Sicario. Palette inspired by the SF Ballet performance of Broken Wings about Frida Kahlo.
El Paso Wall 2, 2024 oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 48 x 72" Based on my photo, driving by the border wall while suffering heat exhaustion. Color palette inspired by Marimekko, a textile design house I associate with my Pacific Heights grandmother (not my Mexican grandmother).
El Paso Wall, 2023 oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 48 x 72" Based on my photo, driving by the border wall while suffering heat exhaustion. Color palette inspired by Britex fabrics, a San Francisco fabric store I associate with my Pacific Heights grandmother (not my Mexican grandmother)
Quemada, 2024 oil, acrylic and pastel 36 x 48" Based on my own photo of the border wall and a fire on the other side in Southern California, color palette based on a social media post of a crab suspended in water.
A Touch of Evil (based on a still from the Orson Welles movie, A Touch of Evil, scene shot in Palmdale, CA as Mexico) oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 32 x 48" 2023
The Unforgiven oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 12 x 16" 2023 Based on a scene from the 1960 John Huston film shot in Durango, Mexico
3 Godfathers oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 12 x 16" 2023 based on a film still from the John Wayne movie shot in Death Valley to represent Mexico
The Reward oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 10 x 14" 2023 based on a Max von Sydow film shot in Sonora, Mexico
High Sierra (based on a still from the Humphrey Bogart movie shot in part by Mount Whitney) oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 36 x 48" 2022
High Sierra (based on a still from the Humphrey Bogart movie shot in part by Mount Whitney) watercolor and pastel on paper 18 x 24" 2022
Thelma and Louise 3, 2022 oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 18 x 24” Movie still, Thelma and Louise trying to escape to Mexico, shot near Moab, Utah.
High Sierra 3, 2022 (based on a different still from the Humphrey Bogart movie shot in part by Mount Whitney) oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas 18 x 24"
High Sierra 4, 2022 (based on a still from the Humphrey Bogart movie shot in part by Mount Whitney) cyanotype and pastel on paper 12 x 22"
High Sierra 4, 2022 (based on a still from the Humphrey Bogart movie shot in part by Mount Whitney) cyanotype and pastel on paper 9 x 12" Sold
A New Hope acrylic and oil on canvas 24 x 36" 2021 based on a film still from the first Star Wars movie partially shot in Death Valley sold
A New Hope watercolor 12 x 24" 2021 based on a film still from the first Star Wars movie scene shot in Death Valley
Zabriskie Point oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 36" 2021 based on a film still from the Antonioni movie shot in Death Valley
Zabriskie Point watercolor 2020 based on a film still from the Antonioni movie
Mexican Border – Highway 8 Oil and acrylic on canvas 34 x 44” 2020
A Kiss Before Dying oil and acrylic on canvas 36 x 48" 2020 based on a film still from Robert Wagner/Joanne Woodward movie shot in the border state of Arizona
Thelma and Louise, 2020 oil and acrylic on canvas 54 x 80” Movie still, Thelma and Louise trying to escape to Mexico, shot near Moab, Utah.
Hondo Oil and acrylic on canvas 34 x 44” 2020 based on a film still from an old Western shot in the border state of Chihuahua
Broken Lance Oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 48” 2020 Based on a film still from an old Western shot in Mexico in the border state of Sonora Sold
Palm Springs Tram Road 24 x 18" watercolor 2020
Wild Bunch 4, 2022 (based on a still from the Sam Peckinpah movie shot in part in the Mexican border state of Coahuila) watercolor and pastel on paper 18 x 24"
In Place of Angels, 2021 oil on canvas 24 x 36"