Portfolios > Stamps/Timbres

A series of drawings with a postage stamp motif serve as a black joke. They are imaginary means to tax illicit shipments moving across the border: guns and money move south, drugs and cheap labor move north. The stamps also commemorate moments, circumstances and individuals all along la frontera.

La Cadena
sgraffito drawing with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Timbres I
sgraffito and gesso on panel; polyptych
each panel 10x8 inches
False Name
sgraffito on panel
10x8 inches
Pollo asado
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
La nueva frontera
sgraffito and acrylic on panel
8x11 inches
Hear much, speak little
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Spent Cartridge
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Confiscated Firearms
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
La Mano
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Narcotraficante
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Dance of Death
sgraffito on panel
10x8 inches
andan penando
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Fernando
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Visita Juarez
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
Santa Muerte
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Información
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
Twelve
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
Rats
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Birthday Greetings
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Observar en silencio
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
what?
sgraffito on panel
10x8 inches
The Canary
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
dusk is falling
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
a otro perro con ese heuso
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
It will soon be light
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches
Monkeywrench II
sgraffito with acrylic on panel
10x8 inches

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