Holsum Gallery: in between place(ness)

A Space for Belonging, 16” x 20”, acrylic ink on canvas, NFS

Bubble Unwrapped, 11” x 14”, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and sand on canvas, $300

En los Árboles, 8” x 10”, acrylic on canvas, $175

Overgrown, 11” x 14”, acrylic, acrylic ink, and sand on canvas, $300

Across the Street, 16” x 20”, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, $450

Across the Street, 16” x 20”, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, NFS

Picking Plátanos, 11” x 14”, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, $300

Una Casita en las Montañas, 8” x 10”, acrylic, oil pastel, and tracing paper on canvas, $175

Vanishing Point, 16” x 20”, acrylic, acrylic ink, and oil pastel on canvas, $450

Shadow/Wave Forms, 16” x 20”, acrylic, acrylic ink, and oil pastel on canvas, $450

Una Casita, 16” x 20”, acrylic and marble powder on canvas, $450

Outskirts, 16” x 20”, acrylic, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and embroidery on canvas, $450

Scavenging, 11” x 14”, acrylic, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and coffee grounds on canvas, $300

The Deep Below, 11” x 14”, acrylic, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and sand on canvas, $300

Cosmic Waves, 11” x 14”, acrylic, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and sand on canvas, $300

Mapping Terrain 01, 11” x 14”, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and pigment on canvas, $300

Mapping Terrain 02, 11” x 14”, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and pigment on canvas, $300

Mapping Terrain 03, 11” x 14”, acrylic ink, oil pastel, and pigment on canvas, $300

“in between place(ness) explores the space between abstraction and representation, questioning how a place is defined and remembered. As a Puerto Rican artist raised in the Midwest, memory serves as an important tool for reconstructing and reimagining terrain. Landscapes are represented in tactile materials like sand and through sweeping brushstrokes that suggest mountains and the ocean. Architectural forms are hidden behind overgrown palm trees and defined in cracked paint. Through this interaction, I consider place not as fixed, but something lived, felt, embraced, and continuously shaped by memory and cultural experiences.”