In 2020, I created a collection of paintings for the new hotel at Hilton Garden Inn, Temecula. At the time, selected artwork from the Luminous Space and Flotsam & Jetsam series was showcased in the guest rooms as prints. The owners liked my work and commissioned a new piece for the lobby walls, the space connecting the lobby/lounge bar to the outside pool area.
Temecula’s beautiful spring blossoms and bright color contrasts captured my imagination, while its dry landscape inspired me to work around the water element to bring some coolness to the heat.When I delivered the panels at the end of 2021, the owners were happy with my work and asked me to create new pieces. I painted another triptych for the hotel entrance and a few more to complete the collection.
This abstract series is about how we move and inhabit spaces. Like dancing, there is rhythm and bursting energy juxtaposing silent moments. As I try a zero-waste and socially engaged artist, I used urban waste to create the commissioned series, incorporating bottle foils from Californian wine productions.
