Home is a solo exhibition of oil paintings that explore the everyday wonder of childhood within working-class urban environments. Through textured, sculptural surfaces and layered impressionistic brushwork, I depict my daughter moving through the Bay Area—observing their world with curiosity, joy, and quiet awe.

This exhibition reflects the home I am building as a father and the people who shape that journey. The figures in these paintings—my children, neighbors, workers, and passersby—remind me of the parent I want to be. They also call back to my own parents, whose sacrifices and resilience created the foundation I continue to build upon. The work becomes a visual bridge between generations: the family that raised me and the family I am raising now.

Cracked sidewalks, bus stops, corner stores, city benches, chain-link fences, and freeway underpasses form the backdrop of childhood across the Bay Area. These spaces carry a visual language shared by working-class communities throughout the country—places shaped by labor, migration, survival, and love.

By anchoring the work in these environments, I honor the community that shaped me while reflecting on the family I am actively nurturing. This exhibition presents home as both inherited and constructed: a living, evolving space made from memory, responsibility, and the ongoing work of becoming the parent I strive to be.