Series

water hands

2019
Pigment on rag
13 × 19 inches · edition of 10
24 × 36 inches · edition of 5
Exhibitions
water hands — MET, UC San Diego Medical School, San Diego, CA, 2023.
Artist's Statement

This series was made with the help of a group of at-risk youth. Their hands were photographed while they were asked to think about memories — good or bad — present feelings, hopes and ideals, and their future. These are the shapes expressing those thoughts.

Works in the Series
All 2019 · pigment on rag
hope — pigment on rag, 2019
hope, 2019
tender — pigment on rag, 2019
tender, 2019
strong — pigment on rag, 2019
strong, 2019
love — pigment on rag, 2019
love, 2019
difficulty — pigment on rag, 2019
difficulty, 2019
lost — pigment on rag, 2019
lost, 2019
fake — pigment on rag, 2019
fake, 2019
determined — pigment on rag, 2019
determined, 2019
scared — pigment on rag, 2019
scared, 2019
never again — pigment on rag, 2019
never again, 2019
not here — pigment on rag, 2019
not here, 2019
growing — pigment on rag, 2019
growing, 2019
Installation — MET, UC San Diego Medical School, 2023
water hands, installation view at MET, UC San Diego Medical School, San Diego, 2023
water hands, installation view at MET, UC San Diego Medical School, San Diego, 2023

Tell me how can you carry the blessing, the healing, the love? How can you reach me, touch me, and care, when I am you, and you are me?

So unexpected, the reach, the feel, the growing. Pushing away the depths, rooting towards water.

The flower with petals stands in awe of blessed and long-awaited colors.

Accept my heart, accept my tears, for I am your full and I am your empty, for we are together in this, until the end of time.

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