Interior, Seal Beach - handmade scale model
Interior, Seal Beach - handmade scale model

The artwork in this section is for a graphic memoir in progress. In the larger project, each image is part of a chapter including text. Within the story, the process of making art is a lens for looking into the past.

My Mother's First Post-Polio Broken Leg
My Mother's First Post-Polio Broken Leg

2023, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”

My Mother's Second Post-Polio Broken Leg
My Mother's Second Post-Polio Broken Leg

2023, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”

Scotch
Scotch

oil on canvas, 14” x 11”

A Way Out
A Way Out

2023, Oil on canvas, 40” x 30”

From Where I Sit Now
From Where I Sit Now

2021, oil on panel, 12” x 9”

Meiji Francisco Proenza y Perez-Leo (My Father in His Early Thirties)
Meiji Francisco Proenza y Perez-Leo (My Father in His Early Thirties)

screenprint, 8-1/8” x 7-7/8”

My Mother in Her Early Thirties
My Mother in Her Early Thirties

woodcut, 7-3/8” x 5-7/8”

My Mother at Thirty with Me
My Mother at Thirty with Me

oil on canvas, 14” x 11”

70s Mother
70s Mother

oil on canvas, 12” x 16”

Portrait of an Alcoholic Family
Portrait of an Alcoholic Family

oil on linen, 16” x 20”

Interior
Interior

2023, graphite on paper, 18” x 24”

The Picture that Mostly Painted Itself (The Home Hospital Bed)
The Picture that Mostly Painted Itself (The Home Hospital Bed)

oil on linen, 9” x 12”

Notes of a Kid Caretaker
Notes of a Kid Caretaker

2022, oil on gessoed paper over old drawing, 11” x 14

Memoir Medley
Memoir Medley

2022, oil on panel, 24” x 18”

Candy Haul on Shag Carpet
Candy Haul on Shag Carpet

2024, oil on panel, 16” x 20”

The Ramp
The Ramp

oil on linen, 18-1/8” x 22-1/4”

The Ramp
The Ramp

soft-ground etching with drypoint, 8” x 9-3/4”

Distortion
Distortion

2021, oil on panel, 16” x 20”

My Brother
My Brother

2020, oil on panel, 9” x 12”

Detail from My Brother
Detail from My Brother

2020, oil on panel. In the painting, this head is 1.5” high.

The House Where My Mother Died
The House Where My Mother Died

2019, oil on panel, 9” x 12”

Mace and Marilla
Mace and Marilla

2020, oil on paper, 6.25” x 10”

Meiji and Justo - My Father and Grandfather
Meiji and Justo - My Father and Grandfather

2021, acrylic on paper, 10”x 6-3/16”

Justo Proenza, Cuban Consul, in his Los Angeles office
Justo Proenza, Cuban Consul, in his Los Angeles office

2023, acrylic on paper, 14” x 11.75”

Childhood
Childhood

acrylic on paper, 18” x 21”

Michelob and Modigliani (My Father's Glass)
Michelob and Modigliani (My Father's Glass)

2023, linoleum cut print, 6” x 5” (block size)

Scotch
Scotch

2018, drypoint print, 6-3/8” x 5-1/2”

Interior, Seal Beach - handmade scale model
My Mother's First Post-Polio Broken Leg
My Mother's Second Post-Polio Broken Leg
Scotch
A Way Out
From Where I Sit Now
Meiji Francisco Proenza y Perez-Leo (My Father in His Early Thirties)
My Mother in Her Early Thirties
My Mother at Thirty with Me
70s Mother
Portrait of an Alcoholic Family
Interior
The Picture that Mostly Painted Itself (The Home Hospital Bed)
Notes of a Kid Caretaker
Memoir Medley
Candy Haul on Shag Carpet
The Ramp
The Ramp
Distortion
My Brother
Detail from My Brother
The House Where My Mother Died
Mace and Marilla
Meiji and Justo - My Father and Grandfather
Justo Proenza, Cuban Consul, in his Los Angeles office
Childhood
Michelob and Modigliani (My Father's Glass)
Scotch
Interior, Seal Beach - handmade scale model

The artwork in this section is for a graphic memoir in progress. In the larger project, each image is part of a chapter including text. Within the story, the process of making art is a lens for looking into the past.

My Mother's First Post-Polio Broken Leg

2023, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”

My Mother's Second Post-Polio Broken Leg

2023, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”

Scotch

oil on canvas, 14” x 11”

A Way Out

2023, Oil on canvas, 40” x 30”

From Where I Sit Now

2021, oil on panel, 12” x 9”

Meiji Francisco Proenza y Perez-Leo (My Father in His Early Thirties)

screenprint, 8-1/8” x 7-7/8”

My Mother in Her Early Thirties

woodcut, 7-3/8” x 5-7/8”

My Mother at Thirty with Me

oil on canvas, 14” x 11”

70s Mother

oil on canvas, 12” x 16”

Portrait of an Alcoholic Family

oil on linen, 16” x 20”

Interior

2023, graphite on paper, 18” x 24”

The Picture that Mostly Painted Itself (The Home Hospital Bed)

oil on linen, 9” x 12”

Notes of a Kid Caretaker

2022, oil on gessoed paper over old drawing, 11” x 14

Memoir Medley

2022, oil on panel, 24” x 18”

Candy Haul on Shag Carpet

2024, oil on panel, 16” x 20”

The Ramp

oil on linen, 18-1/8” x 22-1/4”

The Ramp

soft-ground etching with drypoint, 8” x 9-3/4”

Distortion

2021, oil on panel, 16” x 20”

My Brother

2020, oil on panel, 9” x 12”

Detail from My Brother

2020, oil on panel. In the painting, this head is 1.5” high.

The House Where My Mother Died

2019, oil on panel, 9” x 12”

Mace and Marilla

2020, oil on paper, 6.25” x 10”

Meiji and Justo - My Father and Grandfather

2021, acrylic on paper, 10”x 6-3/16”

Justo Proenza, Cuban Consul, in his Los Angeles office

2023, acrylic on paper, 14” x 11.75”

Childhood

acrylic on paper, 18” x 21”

Michelob and Modigliani (My Father's Glass)

2023, linoleum cut print, 6” x 5” (block size)

Scotch

2018, drypoint print, 6-3/8” x 5-1/2”

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