Sculpture Installation

This is a sculpture-installation I just completed and besides its abstract design, this piece is also a wind instrument. 

Entitled "The Nautilus" is a nine-feet-tall piece built out of found objects such as a wine barrel, galvanized pipe and bamboo, which is part of the same exhibit we currently have on display.

The aim of this piece is to depict the relationship that starts with nature and connects with humans through creativity, culminating in a transcendental result. This concept is portrayed visually through the sculpture, substantially through the elements used, and ethereally through the overall interaction of the continuous cycle. 

Transcendence / Exhibit

This is just a little preview of a sculpture-installation show coming up in November 22nd. In which I will be featuring a new series of different sculptures that range between 6 to 9 feet tall. All created using natural matter, sustainable elements and recycled objects such as glass, metal, wood, stucco, etc... Some of the pieces are still in progress. 

I will post more soon! As of now however, you can take a closer look at this piece in the Nikkei Museum in Fullerton at "IGNITE" The Art of Sustainability. An art collective by lead contemporary artists.

This particular piece was elaborated mainly using different kinds of wood, stucco and glass. The base is only a little section from a giant redwood, the stump was sculpted with stucco and painted with a wash technique using aqua-colored gray tonalities. The middle part includes bark from different trees like Chinese Zelkoba, various kinds of Eucaliptus, Azara and Cork Oak. The top piece was taken from and old barrel and the golden disc that goes in the center is blown glass.  

For this project I collaborated with musician Derek Dobbs in order to make it a playable instrument with strings, similar to a harp which has been specially tuned for this work.

Here are a couple of pictures from the making of "The Guardian"

Fossil Making - Arts Camp -

This was part of an Arts Camp program that I was invited to, at CSUF over the summer. My task was to teach kids about art and nature (two of the most important things :D) by making a leaf fossil. The fossil was all made out of environmentally friendly materials and paint!!

Mural Painting

For this mural, I came up with the idea of making enlarged close up's of leaf textures and make it a gradient from green to terra-cotta, going through all the colors in between, which also resembles not only different types of leaves but also the seasons of the year. 

The challenge was that it had to be done in one day. It was made with the help of volunteers from "Beckman Coulter" which was an interesting project to coordinate, since some of these volunteers did not have any experience with art or painting at all but had great enthusiasm and a good feeling for the project. They did most of the work themselves, I just touched it up a little bit at the end.

Sunset Wave

This mural was painted in the same location as the Betta fish. The wall measuring about 23 feet tall by 30 feet wide approximately. 

Betta Fish Mural

 This is a mural I painted back in the day when I was 19. The wall measures about 30 feet tall by another 30 feet wide. The background was filled with shells in sepia tones and the Betta fish was the only element in full color.