I create artwork about the Latino experience through individual slices of life of the community, family and many other sectors of present-day society, both urban and rural. It is the collective that is important; it is the primary focus in all my work. The people in my artwork don’t have individual features; they are faceless, yet each one is important in defining the group, the community interacting and participating in its many rituals, social settings, and group functions such as work, play, school and family celebrations. But more than that, each artwork is only part of the total picture, the Latino experience, not as an isolated phenomenon but as an active, integral part of American society. This artwork illustrates the changing environment in the United States.

The demographics of this country are changing as the population of Latinos increases. The border as we know it is changing. The border is no longer just at El Paso, Juarez, San Diego or Tijuana. The border is here in Denver; it is in Los Angeles and in Phoenix. The border either expands or is shot full of holes. Cultures and languages mutually invide and affect one another. The United States daily receives uncontainable migrations of human beings. This phenomenon is the result of multiple factors that include unemployment, overpopulation and especially the enormous disparity in North/South relations.

In the postmodern age, my visual language speaks to the issue of international migration, focuses on shifting demographics, draws from pop culture by using existing community posters and seeks to present truth at a more local, personal level.