Artwork Description: The artwork depicts my sister and simplicity of love for life. Although it is a portrait, I did not aim at realistic representation. The forms are simplified into expressive shapes and marks, and my goal for the painting composition was driven by emotion, movement, and instinct rather than perspective or traditional structure. Width:…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Dagger Emerged from Clay is the first work in an ongoing series inspired by Naomi’s training in knife fighting and Kajukenbo. The series examines the structural limits of clay through forms traditionally associated with knife making. This piece was hand-thrown and sculpted on the pottery wheel, then finished using a…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Cuentada Balance explores the principles of Kajukenbo and Balintawak, martial arts Naomi has practiced since the age of five. Cuentada, meaning “counter for counter,” describes a continuous exchange in which every movement is a response to the one before it. Within Eskrima, the stick and blade function as extensions of…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: “We are the scream of those who are no longer with us!” is a contemporary watercolor that is part of a larger collection which explores women’s empowerment and the ongoing struggle against violence, discrimination, and social oppression. Through several translucent layers that shift and change depending on the color of…
Artwork Description: Contemporary ceramic teapot with an elongated overhead handle, displayed on a fractured stone base alongside untreated clay and sand. Inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes. Width: 21 Height: 17 Depth: 13 Custom Medium: Ceramics, raw clay sand, and stone Artwork year of completion: 2025 Price: 1800 Currency: USD : $ USD (US Dollar)
Artwork Description: In many immigrant households and communities of color, fruit has long carried a meaning beyond nourishment. It appears before guests arrive, sits at the center of family tables, accompanies visits to the sick, and is offered in moments when language alone is insufficient. Care is often expressed less through declaration than through the…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Inspired by the artist’s cat, Lemon, this contemporary teapot references the bright release of oil and scent when a citrus rind is first broken. The understated exterior conceals hand-painted underglaze and sgraffito drawings that become visible only when the piece is tilted to pour. By placing the artwork beneath the…
Artwork Description: Model from the North Carolina Academy of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Width: 20 Height: 25 Artwork year of completion: 2024 Price: 2000 Currency: USD : $ USD (US Dollar)
Width: 30 Height: 45 Custom Medium: Digital hi resolution master file available from artist for giclee print reproduction Artwork year of completion: 2026 Price: 450 Currency: EUR : € EUR (Euro)
Width: 30 Height: 45 Custom Medium: Digital Projection with hi resolution master file available from artist for giclee reproduction Artwork year of completion: 2026 Price: 450 Currency: EUR : € EUR (Euro)
