Series: Transition Through the Fabric
The series is mostly a collaboration with Alexey Camilo.
Started over two years ago, finished October 2025.
The sizes range from 1.5 meter x 3.5 meter and the smaller pieces, painted by Melinda are 1.5 meter square.
Mixed: acrylic, gold leaf, sometimes collage, and a few pieces are topped with oil.
Alexey and Melinda both in Merida, Mexico. Alexey originates from Cuban, of Cuban descent. Melinda was born in Los Angeles from a mixed descent of European, and Hispanic, the pieces clearly reflect both backgrounds.
The growth as artist and friendship that has developed during these years is collaborating in art is hard to describe. The process has filled our hearts and artistic journey fully. Artist have healthy and damaged egos, the source where most artist pull from has origins in deep hurt, trauma and empathy. Art is what we turn to, displaying outwardly all of the inner energy that has developed over the years. In some ways it is to try to make sense of it and transform our inner/outer worlds. It is an alchemical process that is not easy, it is not painless and exposes the artist ridicule and judgments. Without the complete support of our spouses, and extended family these creations would have never manifested
Art changes the artist and the environment. Working through a collaboration amplifies this process ten fold, multiplying the joys and frustration. The art once complete transforms the environment and it shares our inner worlds with the outside world.
The art process:
Our process is similar; we paint what is already there. Some unknown or magic force shows us the canvas is neither blank nor unalive. Creatures start to emerge from another realm.
Each piece is a study on how events and emotions are a requirement for the growth of all sentient beings’ perfect perception. All events, emotions are meant for the growth of the collective soul. We are literally trying to manifest a new world with each brush stroke. We love all the characters as they come to life in front of us. We do not want to explain too much about the meaning and symbology of the work, we want the viewer to join us in the collaboration and finding their own meaning, meeting the characters on their own terms and to feel the energy between the objects. To disclose to much about our symbols and what they mean to us may reduce the impact or take away what the viewer may have skipped over in our rush to bring the painting to life. Alexey and I share events and meanings often and they overlap and work well, other times they are independent and develop into a conversation. Whatever the meaning is to us, we chose to illicit the help of the viewer. Each piece is an artistic manifestation of a world where every being is cared for an accepted. We try not to judge which character is right or wrong or delightful or repulsive. Whatever labels you instinctively put on them we invite you to sit back and take a closer look. Dig deeper, see pain, joy, caring or disassociation and consider the multitude of events that is a miracle dark or light that brought us all to life.
The process is multilayered. Restrictions are set for each piece beforehand. This ensures each piece is different. The series, the title and then the creatures evolve. During the first part of the process we paint on the street in front of my house ensuring the energy is touched by the people who pass by. We especially like to encourage children and budding artist to partake. We believe creativity is divinity and want to increase positive energy and reduce fear to create. We often show our process from beginning to end, without fear because we in our hearts are street artist who collaborate. Anyone who would like to copy or use our methodology would honor us to do so. We consider ourselves: outsider artist although we both have attended art school(s), who paint surreal pieces, woven with spells and prayers to increase the vibration of our planet. We add a new twist that is all our own with filled with surreal, abstract, impressionistic and strong outsider: Los Angelos, Latin and Hispanic influences which results in Chicano styled art.
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