Two Live Paintings Created at A Dark Matter: Coffee Concert

In this ephemeral dialogue between sound and color, I painted two live works as the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble performed a transcendent program, including A Dark Matter, Unearth, Steep Steps, Equinox, and other evocative compositions.

Guided by the vibrations of oboe, flute, piano, clarinet, and guitar, my brush became an extension of the music, translating its energy and emotion onto canvas. Each stroke was born from the resonance of the moment, allowing the invisible frequencies of sound to manifest in form and texture.

These paintings are not mere representations, but living echoes of the music’s soul—visual poems that capture the impermanence and beauty of a shared experience. They stand as humble testaments to the profound connection that arises when sound and vision merge, and the boundaries between artist and audience dissolve.

They were created on: Sunday, January 26, 2025, at Berkeley Hillside Club and Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Noe Valley Ministry. sponsored by the Center for the Arts & Religion at the Graduate Theological Union.

San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 2, celebrating Day of the Dead 2024

Skull Butterfly / Acrylic on canvas / 72 x 192 in/ Painted live at San Francisco International Airport, this mural honors life and death, featuring a skull and monarch butterfly to symbolize ancestral connection and transformation. Celebrating Day of the Dead, it engaged over 10,000 passengers in reflection on life’s cyclical nature.

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Live painting at the Berkeley City College “Call & Response – Live!”. October 1st, 2024

celebrates the Latinx/Indigenous imagination featuring live music and live painting, with all participating artists interacting with each other to create a live, multi-sensory experience in the moment. Featuring visual artist Adrian Arias and musicians PC Muñoz & Javier Navarrette.

Now this piece “Ancestor of fire and water” is part of the permanent collection of the Berkeley City College.

Live painting in recent years:

At Machina Locci in Berkeley, November 17, 2020.

Bandshell, Golden Gate Park, presentation of Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution. In the picture La Tania Flamenco dancer. December 31, 2021

Yerba Buena Gardens, with LoCura Music, May 22, 2022.

Oakland Museum, in collaboration with Susan Mathews and Cece Carpio, presentation of Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution. In the picture, poet and singer songwriter Kata Miletich reading a poem. December 10, 2022.