https://sophiawongnunez.com/sophia daily 1.0 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/ce0ec515-0e45-491b-ad15-2736fbdf5950/Scan+4.jpeg Sophia Nuñez - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/424d0187-8a62-4b62-9982-91579469c75c/Scan+8.jpeg Sophia Nuñez - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sophiawongnunez.com/paintings daily 0.75 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/d2aff7e8-40ee-4232-b146-ec911f677da8/IMG_7832.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2021, oil on wood board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/60cf7e7a-e997-46b0-b915-2d0e43d1dfa2/Scan+2.jpeg Paintings and Drawings graphite and colored pencil on vintage graph paper 8 and 1/2 by 11 inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/a58cb79f-f566-4754-aae7-e0622b793f53/IMG_5849.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2021, oil and acrylic on canvas board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/129536fc-e28d-4b1e-8689-043b3ab3f1b5/Scan+3.jpeg Paintings and Drawings graphite and colored pencil on vintage graph paper 8 and 1/2 by 11 inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/34d419b2-0e59-43e4-a0fc-0a95c1bfe8f4/Scan+4.jpeg Paintings and Drawings graphite and colored pencil on vintage graph paper 8 and 1/2 by 11 inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2297f3da-5206-4b2c-a5a1-3ed5ac7b481b/shadow.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2021 ,oil on canvas board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/b47149c5-fd85-43ce-b4b4-dd0885396473/save+copy.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2021, acrylic on canvas board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/b3dd5b86-239f-47c3-a69d-0032d9e8e921/on+david+lynch%27s+books+.jpg Paintings and Drawings On a stack of David Lynch's books, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/1755733853939-GUIQQVLFVLWF76T23YEJ/panties%2Bon%2Ba%2Brug.jpg Paintings and Drawings On a rug, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/5e4c61ef-dbc7-4ed6-82bf-f9cb2545d6ea/mirror.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2021, oil on canvas board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/438da03d-78e7-4f4d-885c-948158a1e5d6/Self+portrait+as+beatles+.jpg Paintings and Drawings Self Portrait as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, oil on canvas, 64 x 45 and a half inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/82520750-15f4-46b4-9984-bbfe809cff66/cwcbic+copy.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2020, acrylic on wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/46568122-8392-498e-bb3b-df0fe83d110d/SophiaNunez_FallBeach.jpg Paintings and Drawings Fall Beach in Three Parts, oil on canvases, 59 x 71 inches total; 41 x 59, 30 x 36, 23 x 30 inches each, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/1755733153268-ZVMWS9556ZZG6DD2PO5B/IMG_6051.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2025, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/86a54b4b-5f3b-47d1-ad3c-788555602c7d/mirror+copy.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2018, oil and acrylic on wood 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/6452c8ad-94ec-49c8-aefd-14c1a9b8d32d/IMG_6453.jpeg Paintings and Drawings Sofia Veronica, oil on canvas panel, 14 x 18 inches, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/d3513fb8-ad9b-443d-ae31-ea0807690595/ruby%27s+cake+copy.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2020, oil on wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/5a8726d8-51b4-4c41-9812-7476edf6ecd6/8d5cad81-4264-4d12-bfa6-e232c5e91576.png Paintings and Drawings Spit Ends, 30 x 36 inches, oil on canvas, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/919ed61b-541f-4ed4-9be1-cafa9a25fd8b/84c6a990-b2dc-489b-9f3c-b10e10219f29.png Paintings and Drawings 14 x 18 inches, oil on canvases, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/5a8e4d21-ae61-42ce-8ed9-01b41e2512af/9fa343f9-c789-4fb0-89a9-16ceff821430.png Paintings and Drawings 11 x 14 inches, oil on canvas board, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/1736449099599-4G9SRT7UXAJIB16PVUX1/de5731c0-b9af-4508-8075-ef11be8589af.jpg Paintings and Drawings 24 x 18 inches, oil on canvas, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/9cf2d58a-b054-47f8-97f9-683261d4ed6f/Screen+Shot+2023-09-25+at+1.26.50+PM.png Paintings and Drawings 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/b2bc5d7c-4b0c-4eb1-a8ae-316bef940fb3/765ee47f-339f-441f-9bea-4b938082a030.png Paintings and Drawings Ceramic frame, oil on canvas, 8 x 8 inches, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/9f776e7e-3ada-4bdf-a9aa-e1789eba208d/e39d970b-16e3-4ebb-9319-4f805aa37a32.jpg Paintings and Drawings 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/0beaf466-3866-451f-9d6f-ebd18deba859/smoking+in+flowers.jpg Paintings and Drawings Smoking in the flower bush, 16 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/cbb3bcf4-3635-4c9b-9846-b2b69ee9066f/2278bf7f-92c4-4810-9e1f-09012a48999d.png Paintings and Drawings 11 x 14 inches, oil on canvas board, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/ddd182fe-4c69-4976-88d3-911f13829fdf/9bb89c22-1f7a-45da-b3f1-aef01361750e.png Paintings and Drawings Whose lighter is this, oil on canvas board, 11 x 14 inches, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2d0de133-1572-4392-bbc7-0e5fe0a67789/4a4fb2a7-f512-4410-9445-a28f73e2ad21.png Paintings and Drawings oil on varying canvas boards, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/95f05e91-d091-4a71-9ce4-bb9e11e17d9f/for+spring+copy.jpg Paintings and Drawings Little painting for spring, 12 x 12 inches, oil on panel, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/c770428f-522d-4e33-ba3f-20ef8387c996/passports-1.png Paintings and Drawings 2022 24 x 30” (each) oil and acrylic on canvas The four portraits (“Shemuel Wong” “Rosalind Paris” “Amelia Gracia” “Juan Nuñez Sr.” ) are based off of my grandparent’s passport photos, rendered in the colors of their country of origin (Guyana, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Spain respectively.) For immigrants, the passport photo represents a moment of transition from being ‘native’ (although none of my grandparents were ever truly native to their home countries) to being ‘foreign’, forever altering their lives and those of their descendants. Passport photos look similar to mug shots. The white background of their pictures is the only large swarth of color they all share. (For my two Guyanese grandparents I used different skin and hair colors from the flag to show how different their origins were even though they were both born brown in the same country.) Immigrants, brown immigrants, Spanish-speaking immigrants are all similarly subordinated to white America. This is particularly seen in my paternal grandfather, Juan Nuñez Sr., from Spain, a European colonizing country, and yet fixed to a subordinate position because of the associations with his language. The colonizing framework doesn’t need to follow the logics of history and geography, it only recognizes itself and the other, superior and inferior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/4dd0e7e6-3b05-4d97-a368-87dcd9a9fa61/agbe.png Paintings and Drawings - Make it stand out 2022 “Written in the Woodwork/ Gabe’s Second Birthday”36 x 36” oil on canvas This painting is based off of a Polaroid of my Uncle Gabe’s second birthday in Guyana. It shows my grandmother with all of her children (my mother second from left.) In the wood of the table there are shells and a horse, a crucifix, Guyana, New Jersey, and a scary dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/8d4d66ec-39f6-42a1-86a7-eb7c48b61242/dogsstill.jpg Paintings and Drawings - Make it stand out 2022 40 x 30” oil & hair on canvas “Dogs Still Fight in Eden” considers the duality and two-ness of mixed identity, as well as being a mutt of mutts, and sitting in these conflicting identities amidst a personal utopia. The braid of my hair (collected February 2021) is included to further embody my physical self into the painting. https://sophiawongnunez.com/my-roots-are-my-branches daily 0.75 2023-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/784bdea4-f95d-4ccc-9591-428317270cbc/thesis+zine-01.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2e62df15-55cc-4524-85eb-858a9a3de645/install1.jpg My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/19f6df4b-1a99-441c-bc17-6e111a9fd00b/thesis+zine-02.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/141336d5-0dbd-4558-9e73-3d1e88188132/install3.jpg My Roots Are My Branches As organic material, the dirt reflects the rhizomatic systems that constitute identity. Dust to dust; what are the connections between the land and my body? If viewers choose to, they can dig (or excavate) the objects mixed into the pile: my teeth, my sibling’s teeth, seashells, coins, tech bits/bytes, fruit skins. These small objects act as artifacts of identity, where their implications in historical/social contexts can be tied to my own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/599d62cd-4303-4e04-8473-71c29f6fe4fd/thesis+zine-03.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/8f897f22-0470-4d57-a1b6-825c6080e5ae/install2.jpg My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/200c7372-62cd-4163-95a5-1a4c7a721e44/thesis+zine-04.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/64c5d13c-6fd6-4521-b127-53a79b0b8276/install4.jpg My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/268e024e-1d2b-45ac-adbc-053c16f2d54a/thesis+zine-05.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/b12ed777-6f13-4b09-9284-98a00da05349/install5.jpg My Roots Are My Branches “Written in the Woodwork/ Gabe’s Second Birthday” 36 x 36" oil on stretched canvas This painting is based off of a Polaroid of my Uncle Gabe’s second birthday in Guyana. It shows my grandmother with all of her children (my mother second from left.) In the wood of the table there are shells and a horse, a crucifix, Guyana, New Jersey, and a scary dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/f83e10dd-4a31-4686-8c0b-7ce5e1b0e784/thesis+zine-06.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/46ab7757-c96a-4da2-81ab-37b46cfb519d/dogsstill.jpg My Roots Are My Branches “Dogs Still Fight in Eden” 40 x 30” oil & hair on stretched canvas considers the duality and two-ness of mixed identity, as well as being a mutt of mutts, and sitting in these conflicting identities amidst a personal utopia. The braid of my hair (collected February 2021) is included to further embody my physical self into the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/f322049f-ab3f-4758-9da2-f5061b0deccf/thesis+zine-07.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/c1e1b501-1f63-4c7b-a7c7-c3797d3967e9/passports-1.png My Roots Are My Branches 24 x 30” each, oil & acrylic on canvas “Rosalind Paris” “Shemuel Wong” “Juan Nuñez Sr.” “Amelia Gracia” These portraits are my grandparent’s passport photos, rendered in the colors of their country of origin (Guyana, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Spain respectively.) For immigrants, the passport photo represents a moment of transition from being ‘native’ (although none of my grandparents were ever truly native to their home countries) to being ‘foreign’, forever altering their lives and those of their descendants. Passport photos look similar to mug shots. The white background of their pictures is the only large swarth of color they all share. (For my two Guyanese grandparents I used reverse skin and hair colors from the flag to show how different their origins were even though they were both born brown in the same country.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/ae59fed1-0405-4edc-b9f6-15616a3610d5/thesis+zine-08.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2e357345-5014-4686-8fbd-3edf0696f75f/thesis+zine-09.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/fa6a00ab-0081-4084-b811-d68c0e4762a6/thesis+zine-10.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/3dd7156d-5e9f-46c5-b751-25daa5372ac9/thesis+zine-11.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/45f6a0f7-42a6-4c0f-be51-632697b2ea47/thesis+zine-12.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/3ba01ec2-8cd4-463a-9d07-a19c4c09fa59/thesis+zine-13.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/c5956018-5fd2-4794-8d2b-991976bb4672/thesis+zine-14.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/cbbd26c1-1cb6-4a90-9dcf-8fbe09d39678/thesis+zine-15.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/951fcf23-0302-4239-bdb2-35abf982daf3/thesis+zine-16.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/a0ad477b-1b21-4555-a4ec-75ee1fabf867/thesis+zine-17.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/a2268592-ddca-44a9-a5f5-dc5dff9f106e/thesis+zine-01.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/fd120ceb-f977-4667-a24d-d4db07ed36e7/thesis+zine-02.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/91e22817-d6ad-459a-8217-670c6e01f270/thesis+zine-03.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/fb11fcb7-d29d-4b87-af18-a0b7d89bd851/thesis+zine-04.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/6749e166-ab10-4606-8139-dbff92e7d71e/thesis+zine-05.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/cfb93b0e-5925-41fd-9606-5f20fe76f1d1/thesis+zine-06.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2f580f8f-1463-41ce-afad-93fd5f294f7e/thesis+zine-07.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/18886481-a860-46d4-9d35-c0bb82e2770f/thesis+zine-08.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/414455dd-9823-44d7-ad7c-4326dddf7750/thesis+zine-09.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/978e6b18-d352-4476-b1bc-650a94ccd34a/thesis+zine-10.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/a9f7fb1e-31eb-4eb3-baa9-d33fa60b82b9/thesis+zine-11.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/6387d658-6622-48b1-9133-ebcb4e155c69/thesis+zine-12.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/55e1fbae-56eb-4ef6-9c4b-d6e09599d6b8/thesis+zine-13.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/ec415a35-a8df-4086-aa6d-f9cec23af34e/thesis+zine-14.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/e323c044-2602-4a47-9b25-7c9f7945b016/thesis+zine-15.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2d521f57-ba5e-4d3a-ae38-d3b0c37b1dc0/thesis+zine-16.png My Roots Are My Branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/a35c906b-e54d-4751-a482-0d76ab3441e7/thesis+zine-17.png My Roots Are My Branches https://sophiawongnunez.com/my-roots-are-my-branches-1 daily 0.75 2023-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/2e62df15-55cc-4524-85eb-858a9a3de645/install1.jpg My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/784bdea4-f95d-4ccc-9591-428317270cbc/thesis+zine-01.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/141336d5-0dbd-4558-9e73-3d1e88188132/install3.jpg My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) As organic material, the dirt reflects the rhizomatic systems that constitute identity. Dust to dust; what are the connections between the land and my body? If viewers choose to, they can dig (or excavate) the objects mixed into the pile: my teeth, my sibling’s teeth, seashells, coins, tech bits/bytes, fruit skins. These small objects act as artifacts of identity, where their implications in historical/social contexts can be tied to my own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/19f6df4b-1a99-441c-bc17-6e111a9fd00b/thesis+zine-02.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/8f897f22-0470-4d57-a1b6-825c6080e5ae/install2.jpg My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/599d62cd-4303-4e04-8473-71c29f6fe4fd/thesis+zine-03.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/64c5d13c-6fd6-4521-b127-53a79b0b8276/install4.jpg My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/200c7372-62cd-4163-95a5-1a4c7a721e44/thesis+zine-04.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/b12ed777-6f13-4b09-9284-98a00da05349/install5.jpg My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) “Written in the Woodwork/ Gabe’s Second Birthday” 36 x 36" oil on stretched canvas This painting is based off of a Polaroid of my Uncle Gabe’s second birthday in Guyana. It shows my grandmother with all of her children (my mother second from left.) In the wood of the table there are shells and a horse, a crucifix, Guyana, New Jersey, and a scary dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/268e024e-1d2b-45ac-adbc-053c16f2d54a/thesis+zine-05.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/46ab7757-c96a-4da2-81ab-37b46cfb519d/dogsstill.jpg My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) “Dogs Still Fight in Eden” 40 x 30” oil & hair on stretched canvas considers the duality and two-ness of mixed identity, as well as being a mutt of mutts, and sitting in these conflicting identities amidst a personal utopia. The braid of my hair (collected February 2021) is included to further embody my physical self into the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/f83e10dd-4a31-4686-8c0b-7ce5e1b0e784/thesis+zine-06.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff0a3fd8500a82fe9d813c4/c1e1b501-1f63-4c7b-a7c7-c3797d3967e9/passports-1.png My Roots Are My Branches (Copy) 24 x 30” each, oil & acrylic on canvas “Rosalind Paris” “Shemuel Wong” “Juan Nuñez Sr.” “Amelia Gracia” These portraits are my grandparent’s passport photos, rendered in the colors of their country of origin (Guyana, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Spain respectively.) For immigrants, the passport photo represents a moment of transition from being ‘native’ (although none of my grandparents were ever truly native to their home countries) to being ‘foreign’, forever altering their lives and those of their descendants. Passport photos look similar to mug shots. The white background of their pictures is the only large swarth of color they all share. 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