>> I USE WATERCOLOR.

IT'S A MEDIUM THAT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES LIKE MY DAUGHTER DOES, ACTUALLY.

IT'S SPONTANEOUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU NEED TO BE VERY MUCH STRATEGIC AND PAINT WITH SOME DEGREE OF BEING METICULOUS.

IT BRINGS ME JUMPING IN ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER.

AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT QUICKLY.

IN TERMS OF COLORS WATERCOLOR HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY KNOWN FOR BEING BRIGHT.

BUT I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN OIL PAINTING AND I LIKE TO PLAY WITH OPACITY AND I LIKE TO PLAY WITH SECTIONS THAT ARE NON-FINITO AND SECTIONS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH REALISTIC.

OTHER SECTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT IMPRESSIONISTIC.

LIKE THAT THE FOCUS IS 100% THE PEOPLE ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

SOCIAL ORGANS FROM AN AESTHETICS PERSPECTIVE, IT'S JUST PAINTING GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERACTING WHILE A SOCIAL GATHERING IS HAPPENING.

AND THERE IS FOOD, THERE IS SOMEBODY LAUGHING, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPENING THERE.

SOCIAL ORGANS, I BELIEVE IT GREW UP LIKE SEED THAT YOU PLANT FOR EXPERIMENTING OR CREATING THINGS.

AND THEN IT BECAME ON WHAT IT IS TODAY.

I STARTED PAINTING THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED ME.

THE GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT I SEE EVERY DAY, WE GATHER AND THEY ARE SO SIGNIFICANT IN A SOCIAL WAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL, NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY BUT AROUND THE WORLD.

TO HAVE THESE CONNECTIONS.

TO HAVE THESE ALMOST WEEKLY GATHERINGS, IT'S LIKE YOU ARE GIVING FOOD TO YOUR SOUL, TO YOUR SOCIAL ORGAN.

I STARTED WORKING MORE ON THAT BECAUSE I SAW A VISUAL BRIDGE BETWEEN MY CREATIONS, MYSELF, AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEN I STARTED THINKING OF WHAT I AM WITHOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND ME AND MYSELF BEING SO SOCIAL, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING ME THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE.

SO I STARTED SEEING --SEEING THAT.

I SAW THAT BEFORE BUT I NEVER ADDED TO A PAINTING.

BUT THEN I BUILT THAT NARRATIVE AND KEPT WORKING ON THIS SERIES THAT BECOME SOCIAL ORGANS.

IT JUMP FROM MYSELF AND WHAT I'M DOING AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS DOING TO ME TO OTHERS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAS BEEN MENTORED AND THAT ARE ALSO BUILDING SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY AND HOW THEIR CLOSE COMMUNITY IS ALSO IMPACTING AND BUILDING THEM.

SO FROM THAT IDEA THEN I STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW THE U. S. HAS BEEN BUILT WITH THIS IDEA OF THE RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM VERSUS WHAT I EXPERIENCE LIVING HERE AND WHAT I EXPERIENCE BY TALKING WITH THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT THEIR LIFE HAS BEEN, ACTUALLY LIKE MINE THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MANY PEOPLE.

I NEVER EXPERIENCE TRAVELING WITH FELLOW ARTISTS.

YOU KNOW, YOU TRAVEL WITH FAMILY.

YOU TRAVEL WITH FRIENDS.

YOU TRAVEL WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT WHEN YOU GET A BUNCH OF THESE CRAZY ARTISTS TOGETHER THAT ALL OF THEM THINK DIFFERENTLY AND SEE DIFFERENT THINGS, IT'S GREAT.

I MEAN, IT'S COOL.

IT'S LIKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE A LITTLE KID.

I'VE SEEN NEW THINGS.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU BRING BACK.

AND MAYBE YOUR CREATIONS, YOUR PAINTINGS WILL BE CHANGED FOR BETTER OR YOUR INTERACTIONS WILL BE CHANGING FOR BETTER.

OR YOU WERE THINKING SOMETHING OF THIS CULTURE BEFORE TRAVELING THERE, YOU WERE TRAVELING WITH FEAR.

BUT THEN AGAIN THOSE WALLS FALLS DOWN AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT'S A VERY 360 PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE EXPERIENCING.

AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH A LOCAL ARTIST AND YOU BECOME FELLOW FRIENDS AND YOU SHARE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT CULTURE THROUGH THE PAINTING OR THE CREATION OR THE FOOD AND SO ON, THAT BUILDS CONNECTIONS AND THAT BUILDS ACTUALLY THAT HOPE FOR TRYING TO BUILD THIS BETTER WORLD.