Tropicalia

The environment where I grew up in South Miami, Florida left an impact on me as a child, surrounded by towering philodendrons, birds of paradise, banana plants, and luscious overgrowth. As I grew older and eventually moved to the midwest, my memories of the environment became graphic in the way that images become graphic. Tropical foliage that I once clearly remembered began to lose facets of detail and simplify to a language of simple outlines. Eventually my memories of home became an abstract sensation rather than a concrete image–tropicalia.

Tropic V
10mm neon, steel | 60" x 60" x 84" | 2017
Tropic VI
Digital print| 6.5" x 11" | 2017
Tropic IV (hojas)
Cut paper| 90" x 160" | 2017
Tropic II (transplant)
8mm neon | 40" x 40" | 2017
Tropicalia
8mm and 10mm neon | 30" x 20 | 2017
Ghillie Suit
Cut tyvek paper, cotton mesh | 2021
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