I believe I will be the first in a long line of eldest daughters not to take care of my parents when they become old I am the breaker of unspoken traditions  My aunt and her first daughter have both cared for my grandmother As my grandmother for her father  And my cousin for my…

All the water in my body is from the Gulf of Mexico  Generations back my people Came here from France by way of Canada settled in Louisiana I’m the first to be born in Texas  Funny how I wasn’t even  born on the Gulf Coast  But the Gulf is in the blood we left on…

I breathe air perfumed in jasmine a dried  lip canary sucked on. I nibbled their cherries for my first eight years.  I lived in a neighborhood; chalked roads, unpeeled windows, crouched fences I crawled through. I plucked blossoms from thorns  just for a perch.  Blood dripped from my cuticle, pricked. I smudged red back on…

Collage, graphite, acrylic paint marker, and color pencil on paper – May 19th, 2025. This work is a self portrait, utilizing various textures to create shading. To personalize this work, collage was added to showcase the meaning of the rest of the artist’s works, through his interests and what makes up his creative intent. The…

Acrylic paint, watercolor, crayon, and color pencil on paper – March 13th, 2025. This work explores the power humans hold over the things they destroy. Using a commonly abused fish – the betta fish – as a symbol of power, one that can only watch as its environment is harmed and cannot speak, displayed by…