ARTIST STATEMENT: “I’m a Mexican artist living in North Minneapolis, MN, and I paint and illustrate plants and flowers to create colorful clusters of bliss. My work centers around nature, and I try to capture the joy and ease I feel while I’m in it. I spent a chunk of my childhood in Mexico, growing with the plants and flowers in my grandmother’s garden. Most of my artwork reflects the colors, feelings and emotions that I carry with me from those beautiful memories, as well as the new memories I create while experiencing the natural world as an adult.

I began creating a series called “Color Therapy” a few years ago during a time when I struggled to find joy in life. These colorful clusters brought peace and happiness to a rather dull period for me. I continued to illustrate the happy clusters even as the gloom subsided and continued the joyful process of putting my feelings on canvas. I find that my paintings and illustrations bring me joy, and I hope they can make others feel the same way.”