EncueradaFrom the Artist Mymain inspiration is the border. I seek that the audience experiences that particular reality through art. Many of the images and icons from my own experience are unknown to the general public. Another concept that I use often is the wall between Mexico and the States. The meaning of the border is something that I always grew up with, I had a childhood with aspects that delimited my experience. The artistic experience is lived very

as laborers who contribute to the economy

the stuff of invention and illogic

Rohan McDonald

and mastery over the sea

while focusing on an emotional theme like the love shared by my grandparents

then as a print

the exploration with translucent inks and the process of guiding the image through several stages has enabled the work to articulate a more subtle and more somber presence filtered through layers of color

Why are some people seemingly invisible

wash drawing

with a Puerto Rican flag covering her identity

or the attempt to deal with

and events that I have recognized as important in my lifetime