Much of the Art in the Western World is privately collected and owned. One of the concepts that connect Art of the Americas is the cultural production of public art. While the Maya and Aztec utilized mural paintings for public display the Natives of the Pacific Northwest carved and constructed totemic poles employing vertical narrative structure to tell stories.

The people who now inhabit this land feel compelled to use the walls to tell stories, creating new narratives and showing others what these spaces can look like. Ushering in a new age, utilizing new techniques and technologies to participate in this ancient tradition of public rather than private art. Space is being reclaimed both with the consent of communities (Murals) and without prior consent (Graffiti) and there can be space for both in this time and space. To that end my work is about both creating space for graffiti artists and for moralists to offer new visions yet my responsibility is also to preserve and maintain the work of Artists who came before me as I am a part of the Mission District. I was brought here to do this work and it has raised me into the man that I am.

To that end I am on the board of CAMP (Clarion Alley Mural Project) and engaged in a number of activities related to the preservation and proliferation of public art. I believe my public work and service is in the spirit of decolonization of the public spaces which we all occupy. I see a future which is brighter, more colorful and more representative of the culture that is here- the culture that is coming, growing and evolving to reflect the needs of the communities that will inhabit these spaces. I stand and work both looking backward and forward to understand what I can do in the present, what I can do now.

I am doing everything in my power to hold this responsibility as sacred and demonstrate my reverence for those who came before me and set an example for those who are not of my age, yet. I, like you, am a human being and I (like you) deserve a brighter future, so I am doing what beings do, which is to work

The Birth of Mayahuel

Clarion Alley Mural Project

This mural depicts the Birth of Mayahuel and was painted upon request by the Clarion Alley Mural Project, in the Summer of 2019. It is surrounded by a frame constructed of multiple paintings and prints depicting the days of the calendar, and the Major Gods of the Aztec Pantheon.

VOTE!

Our Right and Civic Duty

This Mural was commissioned by a private homeowner on 18th Street in San Francisco and is meant to inspire voter participation and Civic Duty. It is a list of circumstances in which a single vote made a significant difference and is framed by urges to vote in Tagalog, Chinese, Dine (Navajo) and Spanish.

Dolores Park Cafe

Michael Rios Mural Restoration Project

This is one of the oldest murals in the city and it was commissioned by the Law office which has been located across the street from Dolores Park (San Francisco, CA) since the 1970's when the Mission Mural Movement really began to take off. I worked on this renovation project with Suaro Cervantes, of Preceita Eyes and it was a pleasure to help my friend restore the work of one of his father's friends, Michael Rios.