These images celebrate the thousands of untrained civilian women that fought for freedom during the US invasion of Dominican Republic in April 1965. These will be on view at the Dominican Studies Institute at City College in April 2020.
This triptych of iconic architecture depicts how US imperialism asserted its power during two 20th c. invasions of DR. On the left the American flag flies atop la Fortaleza Ozama in 1916. On the right a US sniper is stationed on a factory roof during April 1965, killing hundreds of civilians. The middle image is the building where the Caamaño resistance led the fight in April 1965.
Flash acrylic paint on Rives BFK, 16 x 48
12 x 18 , Acrylic Flash paint on Rives BFK
12 x 18, Watercolor and pen and ink on Rives BFK
Watercolor and pen and ink on Rives BFK
Acrylic flash paint, watercolor, pen and ink on Rives BFK
18 x 12 Acrylic flash paint on Rives BFK
Pen and ink on aged album paper with glue
Watercolor and pen and ink on Rives BFK
18 x 12 Watercolor and pen and ink on Rives BFK
18 x 12 Watercolor and pen and ink on Rives BFK
12 x 18 Watercolor and acrylic flash paint on Rives BFK
Various sizes, charcoal on paper
These images are from a series of 100 pen and ink drawings created as a visual archive of the events which led up to the April 1965 US Invasion of Dominican Republic and the re-structuring of DR under another authoritarian leader when it was over. Blog on the project can be found here. The images were created on-site as an installation at El Museo Del Barrio as artist-in-residence.
Installation indicating several of the 100 images created to document the Trujillo and the post-Trujillo era.
One of several "family album" images symbolizing the American invasion of 42,000 marines in April 1965.
American troops from the nearby Intrepid entered through the old fortress gate in the colonial part of Santo Domingo the site of the first invasion in the Americas.
The invasion protected corporate investments and ownership of resources in DR.
Haitian sugarcane workers lining up for water. "Antihaitianismo" became public policy under Trujillo and today remains an active legacy of his 31 year dictatorship.
Dominicans randomly detained at various American checkpoints throughout Santo Domingo.
Resistance to the invasion consisted of the people, “el pueblo”.
Dominicans that were not actively fighting were in the streets protesting.
Destruction of Santo Domingo caused by US bombing.
Allegory of the imbalance of power between the US military and Dominican citizens.
April 1965 was the significant push factor for Dominican mass migration.
This series of drawings were created at the Church of St.Francis Xavier in NYC during a year long artist residency. The images explore the “what it is” quality possessed by each sitter. This body of work is rooted in Don Scotus’ theology of haecceity which addresses a person’s “thisness” as particular qualities expressed through their individuality.
A series of 18 charcoal on plot paper portraits, 36 x 24
Charcoal on plot paper 36” x 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on paper , 36” x 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36" x 24"
Charcoal on paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36” 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36” x 24”
Charcoal on plot paper, 36” x 24”
Feminist images are central to my ongoing exploration of the figure. The Warrior Women series was the first series of images focused on women as iconic warriors. Some are historical women while others are invented. The images speak to the expression of power manifested individually or as part of a collective community.
Mixed media, 88"x 44", 2016
Graphite on paper, 72" x 54", 2014
Graphite on paper, 86" x 54", 2014
Oil on gessoed paper, 54" x 82", 2015
Charcoal on woven fabric, 74" x 54", 2015
Charcoal, graphite and hand made collage , 76" x 44", 2016
Graphite on paper, 42" x 52", 2016
Graphite and Gold Acrylic paint on Rives BFK paper, 20" x 14", 2019
These NYC images are centered on issues of environmental space and its affective impact on modern life. The urban panoramas document a rapidly changing city that through its robust development often masks a grittier reality. Though playful, several images serve as visual archives of little known history.
Cityscape exhibition in 2017 , Union Square on the left 70” x 84 oil on canvas
Oil on Canvas, 52" x 44", 2014
Oil on canvas, 34" x 24", 2012
Mixed Media, acrylic, charcoal, tape, graphite on paper, 76" x 88", 2015
Mixed media, handmade collage , charcoal, ink, and acrylic on paper, 40 x 50, 2016
Detail view of intersection at Kingston Avenue and EasternParkway., 2016
Graphite on Paper 47" x 40", 2019
Graphite on Plot Paper 47" x 58", 2019
Graphite and lumber crayon on paper, 48 x 96, 2019
Plen-air mixed media drawings and oil paintings created in Taos, the Hudson Valley, Governor's Island, Maine and Italy and most recently in Saratoga Springs. The images rely on mark making to build up the form.
Watercolor, tumeric, glue and pine needles on arches, 20" x 18", 2019
Watercolor, gel pen, tumeric and acrylic on arches paper. 14 x 20
Mixed Media, 54" x 54", 2014
graphite on paper, 54" x 54", 2014
graphite on paper, 54" x 54", 2014
graphite on paper, 10" x 78", 2017
oil on linen, 36" x 40"
Oil on canvas, 24" x 24", 2014
