"Confines At Dusk"(2019) - Listed Price: $8,600
This piece was created in 2018 in my Studio Arts class (Advanced Drawing) for my midterm prompt "Skies and Views". The mediums were pastels, charcoal, and graphite on drawing paper (24"x18"). The goal here was to encompass strong color quality with the depths of strong shadows and texture in order to live in the moment of being at one of Major League Baseball's stadium cathedral, Wrigley Field. This piece has been in 3 art shows and exhibitions.
1. 2018 Oxnard College Student Art Expo
Awards: 2nd Place in Drawing
President's Award in Artistic Excellence
2. Ventura County Fair Professional Art Expo 2019
Offered by buyer: $1,200
Awards: 2nd Place in Drawing ($1000 Cash Prize)
3. Studio Channels Islands Ventura College Collegiate & Alumni Art Expo "Emergence 2022"
Awards: Honorable Alumni Mention
"Party With Special Things To Do"(2018) - Sold to Unknown Buyer: $200
This my first ever sold art piece, which was originally created in my Oxnard College Art Class (Drawing and Composition 1). It's a collage of different subjects which were cut out from various magazines and media books. From there, they were intricately placed and scanned to be drawn with graphite using the box scale method. Once the piece was finished, I named the piece "Party With Special Things To Do" as it's a reference to a White Stripes' song of the same name. (18"x24")
It was admitted into one show and sold for $200
1. Oxnard College Student Art Expo 2018
"Stickball On The Corner"(2019) - Listed Price: $3,000
Here we have a very personal piece, which was done independently over a stretch of two years as it's derived from an image taken in a Cuban neighborhood, an area my grandpa grew up in. This process was began with the box scale method to help scale the image onto the 24"x 18" paper. The mediums used here were majority charcoal and graphite, with uses of contay to help highlight and contrast against the darker hues. It was first began in 2018 and completed in the summer of 2019. It was finally submitted into its first and only art show in 2024.
1. Ventura County Fair Pro Art Expo 2024
Awards: 1st Place in Drawing ($1,400 cash prize)
"Mamba In Oasis"(2020) - Listed Price: $8,240
This piece was my first attempt at a mixed media, as the Kobe Bryant subject is actually drawn, cut, and pasted onto a fulled painted paper. The drawing itself took 8 weeks to complete, using graphite, charcoal, contay, and liquid white-out gel, to help get the bright contrast of the sweat marks on Kobe's head. The background is a mixed media paper with 2 spray painted colors of violet and yellow (24"x18"). This piece was finished and came at a time when many were still consoling the passing of Kobe Bryant, and in 2024, it was finally submitted into it's first art show.
1. Ventura County Fair Pro Art Expo 2024
"Self Portrait"(2023) - Listed Price (Framed): $1,000
Currently this is my most recognizable piece, as it was first true rendition of my photo referencing to digital minimalism style that I've adopted. It's based off a photo taken in college back in 2022 and in 2023, I ran it through my Adobe Fresco and began doing some simple line work and outlining significant shapes within the photo until I got a good clear depiction. I filled areas with basic hues that don't overlap and are well spaced to give this liminal and minimalistic aesthetic. I cropped the subject to open the space and highlight the intricate line work and various fills of color. This piece was submitted into 2 art shows, as well as featured in Artist Spotlight for Topa Topa Brewery's Print Exchange.
1. Ventura County Fair Pro Art Expo 2024
Awards: 1st Place in Digital and Computer Arts ($1,000 cash prize)
2. Studio Channel Islands Ventura College Collegiate & Alumni Art Expo "Emergence 2025"
Awards: Honorable Alumni Mention
"A Catch At Sunset"(2023) - Listed Price(Framed): $1,000
This is another piece done in my photo reference to digital minimalism style, but with a twist as I really wanted to work on highlighting different color variations to create depth and having recognizable shadows and highlights. With that, I worked on finding hues that would grasp the change of lights to darks, especially with the subject closer in the foreground (me). I also did not want a traditional way with the background as I reduced all the textures to simple shapes and filling with colors that convey depth and a convincing feeling of a beach at sunset. As one of more popular digital pieces, it's been submitted into 2 art shows, as well as featured in an Artist Spotlight for Topa Topa Brewery's Print Exchange.
1. Ventura County Fair Pro Art Expo 2024
2. Studio Channel Islands Ventura County College Collegiate & Alumni Art Expo "Emergence 2025"
"The Fountain"(2024) - Listed Price(Framed): $1,000
As another piece in the digital minimalism style, it's a fairly reduced image with various uses of color theory and realism, a trifecta of styles that I personally wanted to encapsulate here. It was tricky at first when working on the reduced shapes in the image but once there was a clear path then I was able to give the fills with carefully meticulous fills of colors that resemble the realism of nature and depth in the background. What I enjoy about viewing this piece is it's good blend of neo-pueblo and Spanish modernism.
"Lovers On The Surf"(2024) - Listed Price(Framed): $1,000
This was a very fun piece to put together as it's a drawing based off a set of photos I and couple of friends took off the coast of Ventura County, California. Done in the minimalism style, I wanted to create a solid composition of color and open space to help draw the viewer's eyes to the couple taking a breather and sitting amongst Mother Nature's chaos of the ocean. The drawn image is also made to look like a cut out picture and give this tangible feeling of a memory, with the lines not having true structure. It's a popular piece here in the coastal city of Ventura, Ca as many viewers have made notice of how peaceful and wholesome the subjects create amongst the neutral background.
"Fair-Ever Young"(2024) - Listed Price(Framed): $2,000
Of my most challenging pieces to date, this is one of them. Originally done to be a poster contest submission, this digital drawing fully enhances the vast time and detail to show the vibrancy and romanticism of a night at the fair. The foundation of this drawing is actually of collage of several images to lock in of the subject matter. From there, it's gone through with several layers of different subjects and objects, especially to the couple in the foreground. All together, the piece was carefully and beautifully composed to induce this aura of lights and realism of love. As mentioned, this was created to be a poster and now it's a staple within my artwork history.
1. Ventura County Fair 2024 Poster Contest Entry
Awards: Top 15 Contestant
"Monster House"(2024) - Listed Price:$500
This is one of my most interesting pieces I've created, as it shaped and composed to the shape of a coffin. Based off an image from my favorite movies Monster House, this piece was made for the Last Place Art Club's Last Nap Halloween Art Show, as the theme and prompt were to create our art pieces on wood coffin blocks and based on Halloween themes. I went the digital route with mine as I grabbed a quick image template of the required coffin and oriented my image, creating a separate layer to draw and create a minimalist and cartoonish aesthetic to one of my favorite movie scenes. At the show, it was a raging success as many viewers and fellow club members loved how detailed and menacing the image conveys, as well as how nostalgic the movie is to others.
1. Last Place Art Club Last Nap Halloween Art Show
1 of 60 Submissions
"Art Walk"(2025) - Listed Price(Framed): $500
This one is unique as from face value it looks like a run-of-the-mill water color/ink piece but this is done fully digital. I love the power and flexibility of Adobe Fresco as it gives me to ability to use many types of brush types that mimic realistic brushes and media. It was a difficult process but nonetheless I was able to work out the kinks of the digital brushes and took my time carefully following techniques of color theory and blotching. This piece is of my most favorites when it comes to my nontraditional styles.
"A Drive Through Topanga"(2025) - Listed Price(Framed): $500
Another one of my nontraditional pieces, this one is a personal favorites as it's a love letter to my girlfriend Cameron who loves the little California town, Topanga. Originally, this piece is based off a photograph I had taken while in the Topanga Canyon and I wanted to encapsulate the soft beauty of the area for her. Like the "Art Walk", I went towards the digital water color route and slowly worked on the small details and contrast of colors that convey the style of water color. In some ways, it does have some hints of abstract elements, especially in the more natural parts of the piece, almost giving it this dreamscape aesthetic. The vehicle, a mid 1960s Porsche Coup convertible, is a nod to my girlfriend's liking of old vintage cars and Porsche's specifically. Also, there is a street sign that is not in the original photograph, but was added saying "I <3 CW" as a little love letter and reference to my girlfriend and her initials.
"An Icy Shipwreck"(2025) - Listed Price(Framed): $500
Here is a piece with a lot of wholesomeness, as this piece is based off an original painting done by my younger brother, Bailey, who happens to have special needs. Originally, most of what you think might be mountains in this piece and that's what I interpreted it to be and it gave me an idea to digitally reimagine it and still keep most of its natural painting style. I took a picture of the painting and again ran it through my Adobe Fresco program and began working on what to edit and including, without changing the image. From there I added some water textures in the foreground and a background of a mountain range and open ocean to create depth. The last thing I added was this dilapidated pirate ship, helping further drive the story of a forbidden voyage in uncharted waters.