THE VALLEY
The Valley refers to Raymondville, Texas in the Rio Grande valley, where my mother grew up, and where my grandfather farmed for over fifty years. The plants represented are the plants that my grandfather grew and harvested. The way I have drawn them is based on my memory of them as a child, and on the stories that my mother told me. The valley is where my grandmother taught me to paint, where I can trace so much of myself back to, and will always be one of the places I claim as my own.
The Valley refers to Raymondville, Texas in the Rio Grande valley, where my mother grew up, and where my grandfather farmed for over fifty years. The plants represented are the plants that my grandfather grew and harvested. The way I have drawn them is based on my memory of them as a child, and on the stories that my mother told me. The valley is where my grandmother taught me to paint, where I can trace so much of myself back to, and will always be one of the places I claim as my own.