Surrender Flags and Crying Handkerchiefs (2014-2018)
The woods are repurposed or salvaged from hurricanes Hugo (1989) and María (2017)
The ripped flags are meant to be crying handkerchiefs. The flagstaffs are based on twitter wings. Like SOS signals to the world after the imposition of the 20 22 Act and the oversight board.
The series is in collaboration with master sculptor and educator Luis Manuel Rodríguez from 2014-2018. We made 15 flags as well as several other sculptures and installation components. One flag (“Fall Leaves. Leave”) was reworked in 2024.
Mahogany and reversible canvas
2025
2025
Acrylic and aerosol on mahoganY
38” x 3” x 5”
2018
$5500
2024
Mahogany flagstaff. Acrylic and sculpted acrylic paint accumulations
2024
Acrylic on ripped drop cloth canvas and flagstaff made of mahogany
58" x 60" x 6"
2014
Acrylic on ripped, folded canvas. Mahogany flagstaff by master LM Rodríguez
57" x 61" x 6"
2024
Spray paint and acrylic on ripped canvas. Southern Yellow treated pine. Tweeter eyes are peronia seeds
49” x 43” 4”
2023
Acrylic, Prismacolor and painted push pins on canvas and Mahogany. And tiny painted styrofoam component.
75" x 84"x 9"
2022
Southern yellow pine treated lumber and peronia seeds. Bird feathers are laminated mahogany.
9 feet by 4” x 5”
2022
2022
