Kitchen Saints (2021)
By sanctifying the hot sauces that bring spice to our life, I explore connections to Catholicism’s impact on Western Art History. While referencing the colonial legacies of retablo paintings of the US Southwest by placing these paintings on found wood, I also engage the relationships between us and our food through highlighting kitchen commodities that blur public and private consumption.
*Available for purchase at Calendula Gallery in St. Paul, MN
Read more about the inspiration for this series here.
Our Lady of Cholula (2021) 12"x10.5", oil on found wood
Santo Sriracha (2021) 16.5"x5.5", oil on found wood
Saints of Solidarity (2021) Approx. 5.75"x4.75", oil on found wood
Mi Valentina (2021) 15"x5.5", oil on found wood *Available
Blessed Tapatío (2021) 15"x5.25", oil on found wood
St. Yucateco of Habañero (2021) 12"x5", oil on found wood
The Presentation of Red Rooster (2021) 11.5"x6", oil on found wood *Available
The Ecstasy of St. Tabasco (2021) 10.5"x5.25", oil on found wood
The Visitation of the Blessed Pato (2021) 9.75"x5", oil on found wood *Available
St. Yucateco of Habañero (Verde) (2021) 10"x6.75", oil on found wood
St. Tajín of the Borderlands (2021) 10.5"x5", oil on found wood
Valentina's Lamentation (2021) Approx. 10.25"x7", oil on found wood *Available
Hatch Green Chile, The Certified Patron Saint of New Mexico (2021) Approx. 10.25"x7", oil on found wood *Available
Lake Region Arts Council
Clean Water Land & Legacy Amendment
This activity is funded in part by a grant from the Lake Region Arts Council with McKnight Foundation funding.
This activity is part of the Otter Tail County Mapping Project, a partnership between Rethos, the Otter Tail County Historical Society, and Springboard for the Arts with support from the Minnesota Historical Society. This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.