ART Gallery
Tampa Artwork
Title: Franklin Street Postcard
Medium: Acrylic on Wood
Dimensions: 18”x24”
Completed: 2020
Info: As Tampa faces a wave of renovations of historical buildings I wanted to offer glimpse into the past at Tampa’s Main Street in the late 40’s. Sadly this street corner stands idle and abandoned in the heart of our downtown business district. These buildings have been neglected for far to long. Hopefully they will soon face an interior renovation and be repurposed into offices or residential condominiums all while maintaining their original architectural charm.
Title: A Century Old Tradition
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x30”
Completed: 2020
Info: The Gaparilla Pirate Ship has been a long-standing tradition in Tampa since 1911. It was my goal to capture the rich and vibrant history of this annual pirate invasion.
Title: The TECO Bus Barn
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x30"
Completed: 2018 (SOLD)
Info: One of Tampa's oldest forms of public transportation besides the horse and buggy was the trolley. Railroad tracks and electric wires lined the roads of our city connecting businesses, people and goods. The Trolley cars still run today and the Tampa Armature Works renovation has paved the was toward the revitalization of Tampa's Riverfront.
Title: Finding Fairyland
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x30”
Completed: 2018
Info: Located on the bend of the Hillsborough River was the Tampa Waterworks which sat atop a natural spring which once provided the growing city with a clean fresh water source. The structure sat vacant for years until Richard Gonzmart (Columbia Restaurant Group Owner) purchased the property and turned it into a restauran named U Le Le. (Named after a local Native American from which the story of Pocahontas was based off of). In the 1950's Lowry park was once a theme park named Fairyland which was populated with statues of whimsical fairytale characters and children's rides. After the parks closure the statues sat in a field exposed to the scorching sun for decades till Richard Gonzmart purchased them at auction and had them beautifully restored and proudly displayed outside his restaurant.
Animal Portraiture
Title: La Pelea de los Gallos
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 48”x48"
Completed: 2016 (SOLD)
Title: Cattle in the Sky
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x30"
Completed: 2017 (SOLD)
Title: King of the Coop
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x30"
Completed: 2016 (SOLD)
Title: Queen of the Pasture
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x30"
Completed: 2018
Title: Prince of the Pen
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 24”x48"
Completed: 2020 (SOLD)
Coffee Art
Title: Coffee & Cigars
Medium: Cuban Coffee
Dimensions: 18”x24"
Completed: 2016 (SOLD)
Inspired by my Cuban roots I decided to brew Cuban coffee with my grandmother’s old coffee pot and bring it to school and paint with it as an experimental medium. After much trial and error I found it is similar to watercolors adding more grounds to darken and more water to lighten colors.
Pen & Ink
Title: Jesuit Tiger Statue
Medium: Pen & Ink
Dimensions: 9”x9"
Completed: 2015 (NOT FOR SALE)
Style: Pointilism, made by only using small dots by repeatedly taping the pen against the paper.
Title: Grandfather
Medium: Pen & Ink
Dimensions: 9”x9"
Completed: 2015 (NOT FOR SALE)
Style: Cross-Hatching, made by only using lines and crossing them to create shadows.
Title: Pedal Power
Medium: Pen & Ink
Dimensions: 9”x12"
Completed: 2016 (NOT FOR SALE)
Style: Pointilism, made by only using small dots by repeatedly taping the pen against the paper.
Title: Harley Davidson Sanchez
Medium: Pen & Ink
Dimensions: 9”x9"
Completed: 2020 (NOT FOR SALE)
Style: Cross-Hatching, made by only making lines and crossing them to create shadows.
Title: Iron Giant
Medium: Scratch Board
Dimensions: 9”x12"
Completed: 2016
Title: Beauty Inside & Out
Medium: Pen & Ink
Dimensions: 9”x12"
Completed: 2018 (NOT FOR SALE)
Title: Enzo, Man's Best Friend
Medium: Pen & Ink
Dimensions: 11”x14"
Completed: 2020 (SOLD)
Style: Cross-Hatching, made by only making lines and crossing them to create shadows.
Charcoal
Title: Dragon Tattoo
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 16”x20"
Completed: 2015 (SOLD)
Title: Cloth Figure Study no.1
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 18”x24"
Completed: 2015
Title: Cloth Figure Study no. 2
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 16”x20"
Completed: 2015
Charcoal portraits
Title: Portrait no.1
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 16”x20"
Completed: 2017
