Portfolio > white trash series

White Trash
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 13 inches
2016
Nothing Short of Perfect
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
2019
raison d'être
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 inches
2018
21 Summer
Acrylic on canvas
14 x 14 inches
2018
Almost Nothing
Oil on linen
34 x 25 inches
2018
Tossed
Oil on linen
18 x 14 inches
2018
Untitled
Watercolor and gouache on paper
11 x 7.5 inches
2019
Happy Birthday Beautiful
Watercolor and gouache on paper
36 x 24 inches
2018

What Once Was Will Never Be...

For me, the concept of not being white enough comes from self-projected, self-critical, defensive and assumptive ideas, based on observations that contribute to stereotypes about how white men view women of color. The white man as a persona functions as another important, yet undefined (even unseen) character in my work, representing my personal desire and “his” perceived fetish for what is exotic or different: To him my“race” signifies ignorance, hyper- sexuality and disposability.