New mural in La Loma Neighborhood in Puebla Mexico
The theme for this mural is children and their importance to humanity and the need for society to offer love and help in this world for the children’s future.
This mural embraces the notion of children as seeds for the future of humanity. Depicted is a little girl sprouting from a harvest field like a seed being born. This represents that children need to be nurtured, loved and cared for with a consistent dedication so that they may bloom like a harvest, therefore bearing fruit to a brighter future. The little girl is seen reaching out as she blooms and a helping hand is seen reaching in to provide help and care. The little girl and hands are all painted in multiple skin tones to highlight the fact that as a society, we (all races) are responsible for helping and loving all children regardless of race color or circumstance. In each child is a seed with the possibility to manifest their existence in a positive and noble manner, therefore contributing the the benefit of humanity and our future in this world we must also nurture.
This mural was made possible by La Rueda Puebla (and Osel paints) which is a foundation dedicated to uplifting neighborhoods through murals and positive messages. They have been doing great work in the Puebla area of Mexico for over 6 years, and it was a pleasure and honor to be able to contribute this piece to the La Loma Neighborhood. The people of La loma embraced me and this mural fully and showed support by bringing me atole and tamales and memelas to eat and great vibes from all the eclectic characters of the neighborhood. The kindness and hospitality of La Loma was palpable and a gift I will never forget. This mural would not be possible without the continued assist from the good homie Sufre who worked with me every day making this mural happen. All the love & gratitude homie.
New mural in Bozeman Montana For the upcoming The Break Room beer lounge. Total of 5 murals.
This mural features wildlife from the state of Montana, including moose, bear and wildcat. These characters are sharing space and a beer with the Bridger Mountain range in the background. This is the main wall featured in The Break Room.
This mural is an artistic interpretation of the god Aegir. Aegir One of the most important figures in Norse mythology was Aegir or Ægir. Loved and feared as the Commander of the Sea, he also earned great respect among the Germanic tribes as brewer for the Gods of Asgard. His huge underwater feast hall was the one place where the Gods couldn’t fight, or they’d be bannished from Aegir’s Hall forever. A serious punishment since the place had drinking-horns that magically refilled themselves with the best ale and mead in the Nine Worlds.
These 2 murals are a portal that incorporates inspiration from visual illusions and architectural doorways as inspirations. The doorways create a portal into the visual illusion, the optical illusion adds movement and depth to the portal.
This mural features an anatomical heart made out of hope and barley and wheat veins.
Final pic (nighttime) of first graffiti piece I’ve done in 6years. Size is 8 x 8 feet, so not too big in dimensions, harder to lockdown details. it’s been quite a while since I did an all spray paint lettering piece. Felt pretty rusty but I’m happy to do some graff letters and the piece came out pretty good.
Painted for the opening of the Overspray store led by the Vitale Brothers. Also painting alongside with me on his own section at the event, Hinson the Healer and his rad characters. Thanks to everyone that came out for the awesome opening event.
Roar of the Jaguar Located at Lealman Innovation Academy.
The mural features the school mascot: a blue jaguar with an eye patch to signify the spirit of the school, that strives forward regardless of past battles and issues. The students at Lealman focus on more vocational teaching and education with a high graduation rate.
There are a pair of hands supporting each other in a helping embrace showing the help and support that both students and teachers provide for each other.
There are radiating circles and center diamond that creates a dynamic layout for the recognizable elements to create a complete design that wraps around both edges of the building.
The circles are painted in sunrise and sunset colors to signify the day and night and the dedication necessary for everyone to continue to build and achieve in life.
For this mural I had to meet with students and faculty prior to designing concepts to get information and to represent the spirit of the school. The overwhelming subject and theme from students was to represent the school mascot.
This mural was created with a mural grant and support from Creative Pinellas. Thank you so very much for the opportunity to contribute creatively to Lealman and the many great murals Creative Pinellas has helped produce.
New mural – Astral mother protector This mural is dedicated to mothers and also the divine feminine energy. It is a tribute to the loving and nurturing aspects of mothers and females. Depicted is a female being that sits within a frame while she casually watches over and protects the earth and the living beings within.
Thank you Wynwood Mural Festival for the opportunity to share my creative visions.
This artwork can be interpreted in a couple of ways; One way to see the artwork can be a reflection and connection that is created when you truly bond with someone else. Bonding with others is amazing and profound, creating the deep connections that link you together that truly form and shape friendships. These connections last through distance and frequency in the sense that you make friends in life that you are always bonded to, regardless of how long its been since you saw each other or how much time since you’ve spoken, when you’re together it feels like yesterday due to the established bond. This artwork is a tribute to those bonds and lifetime connections.
Another interpretation for the work is being your own best friend, it is important in life to be comfortable and loving with your own self and to be able to get along in your mind, body and soul. This fact is sometimes overlooked or we tend to set it aside and just stride through life doing what we feel necessary to exist and survive. This artwork can be understood as a reflection of your inner-self symbolizing the beauty and similarities with our subconscious and astral-self. The attributes of our soul are the energies that we palpitate and send out to the universe, these facets of ourselves exist in realms beyond cognition and understanding and it is important to honor and realize that we must be as aligned as possible with our inner-being. This artwork seeks to also touch upon the subject of being your own friend and companion, and the importance of being as in tune with yourself as possible, a challenge we all face and assimilate in our own way.
This piece is on display at the Friend exhibit at Mize Gallery in St. Petersburg Florida This piece sold about a week after the show opened
This new artwork is a collaboration/contribution to the immersive installation by Wayward Walls titled “Wayworld” located at The Factory St. Pete.
Thought Vision Gazing
This being peers perched on the windowsill pondering on life, the universe and beyond. Energy blows through the hair radiating from the pulse generated from the forced perspective concentric circles within Wayworld.
Dedicated to the connections that lie beyond the normal understanding we have of reality and reason. This is a tribute to any and all bonds that defy explanation that give/present a strong force/feeling. These ephemeral links/bonds are palpable, keeping us intertwined with life and each other even if we can only sense them.
This concept is represented in this mural by a couple nestled within an impossible object. These beings are created from shapes & forms in my artistic/visual language. These beings are holding hands beyond the impossible object representing a connection beyond reality and beyond reason.
This particular mural is dedicated to my “unkle” Rodrigo Pimentel who passed on during the production of this mural. Rodrigo is an accomplished Mexican painter and the first painter/artist I met as a child. His colorful paintings at my home and also in relatives homes always brightened the rooms where they hung. This early exposure truly had an impact/influence on me, consciously or unconsciously. We share the same love/use of color in our artworks and an interest in mythological or cultural subject matters. As an artist I would like to use this mural creation as a means to also say thank you Rodrigo for your presence in this temporal reality we are all blessed to experience together.
Painted for MuralsDC, DC Commission of Arts & Humanities, DC Public Works Located on outside H Street Country Club
Normal LightingGlow in The Dark LightingFlash/Strobe LightingUltraviolet Lighting
Artwork titled: Who’sa good Boyeee…. Acrylic & tape (Reflective, GID, UV) with tounges & resin on plexiglass. For Wrinkle in time 2 – gallery show. Exhibited at Allegory gallery in Denver CO.
Finished mural! Titled: Pondering on the planes of perception Tampa Florida – 117 ft. X 6.5 ft
This mural is a tribute to the connections and realms that lay beyond our cognition. It features a being created from shapes in my visual language that is taking a moment to enjoy, relax and connect. Dedicated to the seekers that sense something else out there.
The pattern features the “Triskele” or Triskelion” which is an ancient Celtic symbol, what resonates with me are some of the multiple attributes given to the symbol and the 3 spirals. Past – Present – Future Earth – Water – Sky Life – Death – Rebirth But my favorite attribute is the representation of 3 worlds: Spiritual – Physical – Celestial
The stencil pattern was individually applied to create a seamless pattern which also rotates making it an additional challenge to apply.
The background has 2 opposing circles which have a radiating gradient and Intersect in the center. The warm colors are painted where the sun first hits the wall, and the cool colors where the sun last brightens the wall. This location was challenging being so horizontal, I tried to incorporate both the trees in the foreground and also those in the background. This integration is with the hopes of creating a mural that plays with the planes of sight and in-between a natural and imagined reality working together for a larger overall artwork.
Part of Tampa-Walls mural festival, thank you for the opportunity to create such a personal piece, part of Worldwide-Walls formerly known as Pow-Wow Worldwide. Worldwide-Walls is a mural initiative that has created hundreds of murals worldwide since its inception years & years ago.
Located across the street from the amazing souls and space at GrassRoots Kava in Tampa – Florida Ave.
My friends Bob & Jay have an Airbnb on the top of their house, this mural is in the side entrance, their house and backyard are incredibly lush and it’s like a botanical garden, such an incredible home. This mural features plants and flowers from their property.
In Miami Florida, I had the pleasure to assist on the final stage of a new mural at the legendary Club Space.
Francisca Oyhanarte was the artist that created this amazing & interactive mural based on her cut-paper artwork, titled – 888 Stargate! She is amazing and was even cleansing the artwork & casting positive spells, the colors all with white base to be light, super high vibes & mentality Richie Hell, her partner, also such a singular human with incredible music talents. I feel blessed to call em new friends 😊🙌
Manuela Montano & her company ArtOps we’re contracted to execute the production and I was blessed to be included, it was amazing to meet the rest of the team Manu assembled.
Everyone at Space & Floyd Miami we’re awesome and amazing, thank you for your kindness and positivity. Thank you Lisa, Osvaldo, Alan & everyone else, see y’all next time in Miami. Salud!
New art titled : Reyelize Watercolor pencil, transparent spray paint, acrylic 11×15
This is my latest artwork, I’m happy with it, it has great fluidity and has a sense of movement and being alive. The pattern works well with the shapes, messing with the mind trying to determine where to focus.
It doesn’t quite fit into the Instagram dimensions for posting which kinda sucks, there’s a half inch r so missing from the pic, I’ll post a story with the full piece.
This piece is a commission for Jeremy, a supporter and friend. Jeremy (Pharmacology) had been studying for 6 years for a super hard Toxicology specialty exam, it’s like that lawyers bar exam and few pass, I think he said there’s less than 100 of these specialists in the country.
Jeremy told himself that if he passed the toxic (☣️🤢) exam he would celebrate by adding another Barojas to his collection. Welllll… the homie passed on his first try!!! Way to fuckin go! It is incredibly moving as an artist and human to have your talents and vision seen as a prize or reason to celebrate, in Jeremy’s case a culmination of 6 years of dedication and work, to be memorialized by one of my artworks. I was deeply touched & I am so thankful for the support and belief in my work.
The only element to be included was the logo of his fraternity which is a coiled red diamondback rattlesnake, the rest was up to me. This piece would symbolize a triumph in life in the professional realm, so I focused on Jeremys professions in Pharmacology and now Toxicology. The rattlesnake is coiled within a mortar and pestle, essential tools in the lab and pharmacy, both medical symbols are obscured in the center from where the pattern eminates, which extends and bends around the frame. This piece is highly reactive to Chromadepth glasses (separates color fields red first blue last etc) giving it an extra added 3D effect with the glasses. Painted in acrylic and encased in resin.
This is the largest and most diverse gathering of my creative works ever with just about 50 pieces on exhibit. I installed this exhibit at the gallery/exhibit space at the Largo library, it is a large space allowed for lots of artworks to display, plus they also had cabinets available for the exhibit. The cabinets allowed for me to display some sculpture, custom toys & lots of my beaded jewelry which I rarely get to exhibit. The Largo Public Library is the largest in Pinellas county and it’s a beautiful site.
This mural celebrates the diverse flora in the sunshine state. The various flora that thrives within Florida os illustrated and then grouped by color and tone into different green color-fields. The varios different green color-fields are set apart by shading the groups and hopefully creating a sense of depth into the piece, it is coupled with a seamless palm pattern that is intended to give the mural movement carrying you throughout the piece. The center focus is a young tree or sapling and it is meant to symbolize new beginnings, new birth and new life.
This mural is 370 ft x 13.5 ft, that’s 4,995 square ft, or 464 square meters. This mural is located at the corner or Okeechobee Blvd. & Australian Ave., these are the two main arteries into the downtown corridor and then the beaches in West Pam Beach.
This would not be possible without the help of my team, and it was made into reality by the City of West Palm Beach – ArtLife Commission and Florida Power, I am so grateful for such an opportunity to share with the people of West Palm Beach. This mural will be seen by thousands and that brings joy to my heart. Infinite Gratitude.
Taita Inti – New Mural Tarpon Springs FL. – Pinellas Trail
This mural is a tribute to Father Sun and it is a showing of gratitude and an offering of my creative visions to the life giving light and heat of the sun.
The sun which greets us each day with beaming rays of light illuminating the sky and life on earth, is one of the most powerful forces we have in the universe, it is the center star of our galaxy and a presence and spirit beyond words and thoughts.
This mural is the last thing the sun sees before setting for the night, I like to think of it as my humble “Thank you SUN & Good night… great job! See you tomorrow”
This mural is a massive sun visible from a great distance, stylized with a multi-color seamless tiled pattern. This mural took me a lil over 2 weeks to finish and I put a lotta work into it, produced with only a ladder. The pattern is based on the sun from the Zia tribe which within its sun symbol is the reverence and honoring of multiple principles such as:
Up Side – The 4 SEASONS – Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Down Side – The 4 DIRECTIONS – North, East, South, West Left Side – The 4 parts of the DAY – Dawn, Daylight, Dusk, Dark Right Side – The 4 parts of LIFE – Infancy, Youth, Adulthood, Oldage
This mural is located at the end/beginning of the Pinellas trail that spans all the way from St. Petersburg all the way up to Tarpon Springs where it is located. The sun rises behind the mural if you are facing it, and illuminates the sky for the entire duration of the day, crossing the entire trail, giving light to all people of the land.
This is a partnership between Pinellas County and Creative Pinellas Pinellas County
