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    Details of "Broken", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm), etching
    "Broken", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    Details of "Broken", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    Details of "Broken", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Broken", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Broken" and "Let me love things in you don't exist"
    "She comes to me at night (and takes her in my arms)", polished zinc, 40" x 72" (100 cm x 183 cm), etching
    She comes to me at night…and takes me in her arms This work is very personal to me.  At the end of 2018, while living in New York City, I lost the sight in my right eye.  Along with my eyesight, I also lost my self-esteem and confidence. This lasted for a few months and finally, I went to the hospital.  The next day when I came home, I ended up lying powerlessly on the living room floor, crying uncontrollably.  I felt lonely, broken and abandoned.  Then, I imagined The Other Me, a benevolent apparition who began coming to me and hugging me.  That very day, I decided that I would create a piece for myself, alternately filled with poetry and beauty as well as pain. I started bringing home flowers and plants and they surrounded me during my long convalescence.  Then, I etched them into the metal, thus infusing them with eternal life. Because of the reflection of the metal, I let the the viewer enter my emotional space.
    Details of "She comes to me at night (and takes me in her arms)"
    Details of "She somes to me at night (and takes her in my arms)"
    "She comes to me at night (and takes her in my arms)", polished zinc, 40" x 72" (100 cm x 183 cm), etching
    "Although there is no wind", polished zinc, 10" x 12" (25cm x 30 cm)
    "Silence", polished zinc, 10" x 12" (25 cm x 30 cm)
    Test of "She comes to me at night (and takes me in her arms), polished zinc, 10" x 12" (25 cm x 30 cm)
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    Details of "Dancer", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 12 cm)
    "Dancer", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "I left to look for you", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "I left to look for you", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Wherte I met you again for the first time", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Where I met you again for the first time", polished zinc, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Winter Night", polished zinc, 20" x 24" (50 cm x 60 cm)
    "The great one", polished zinc, 32" x 44"
    "The great one", polished zinc, 32" x 44"
    "Winter Night", polished zinc, 20" x 24" (50 cm x 60 cm)
    "Let me love things in you that don't exisit", polished zinc and oil paint, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Let me love things in you don't exist", polished zinc and oil paint, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "Let me love things in you that don't exist", polished zinc and oil paint, 40" x 48" (100 cm x 122 cm)
    "At Dusk", polished zinc, 20" x 24" (50 cm x 60 cm)
    Details of "At Dusk", polished zinc, 20" x 24" (50 cm x 60 cm)
    Details of "At Dusk", polished zinc, 20" x 24" (50 cm x 60 cm)
    "Carmen", polished zinc, 10" x 12" (25 cm x 30 cm)
    "Fall", polished zinc, 10" x 12" (25 cm x 30 cm)
    "Lady", polished zinc and oil paint, 24" x 40" (60 cm x 100 cm)
    Details of "Lady", polished zinc and oil paint, 24" x 40" ( 60 cm x 100 cm)
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    "Carmen", zinc and dry plants, 48" x 60"
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