Original Watercolor, 2018 For many shamans (yakchaks), the ceibo tree symbolizes the “axis mundi” – the center sacred connection between heaven and the underworld. Known as “the world tree,” the...
Multi-Cultural
Gringas in a Moto-Taxi
Original Watercolor – 2017 The Moto-taxi is a cheap, practical way for local citizens to travel in their community. But many extranjeros visiting Manabi, a ride in a Moto-taxi is as much exciting as...
Fresh Catch
Original Watercolor – 2017 If you drive down the Ruta de Spondylus, you may recognize these two entrepreneurs from the fishing villages along the coast. Or maybe you only recognize the lobster and...
Shoeshine Siesta
Original Watercolor – 2017 A center for rural commerce, Jipijapa’s street markets sell every product and service you can imagine – except from 1-2pm. In this hour, life comes to a...
We Are All Stardust
Original Watercolor – 2016 Porto Viejo was badly damaged in the April, 2016 earthquake. Many people lost their lives. I visited the devastated neighborhoods the week after this terrible nightmare...
Ancestral Bath
It is our daily activities that hold the essence of our culture. We pass on the richness of our heritage to our children through stories and routines that give them their comfortable place in the...
Present Friends
Dreams are part of our evolution. Without them we are simply just another member of the herd that will soon become extinct. This illustration, from my children’s book, “The Perfect Present,” depicts...
Safe-Tea
African American women take on the burdens of their families and communities like no other group of people. They are caring, involved, supportive… even to a fault. Maybe that’s why in America they...
Salsa de Ybor!
Ybor City is a jewel set in the crown of the Tampa Bay community. As a Latin ethnic neighborhood, it features a square block owned by Cuba. No kidding – a gift to Jose Marti and the Cuban...
Auntie Wears Pink When She Flies
You think it takes a village to raise a child? Auntie can do it all by herself. With no kids of her own, she loves every kid she see…latch-key kids, single-parent kids, abused kids, lonely...