When the word "fetish" is spoken, most thoughts are geared to the Leather & Lace genre of sexual fetish. Fetish is the power given to inanimate objects or the objectification of body or body parts. It is an idea that extends far beyond the hidden lives of others. My images speak in this language whether it is the secretive aspects of an addiction, the unspoken dialects of sexual fetish, or the immediate icons of mundane life, through the filters of love and or pain. I find that the ideas of love and pain often congregate in fetish and are a vital part of the dialogue.

I have worked with photography for over ten years and I find it to be the most complex, enriching medium for my art. The scientific and magical aspects, the ability to bring out and hide in images through color and shadow create a mystery that exists in my images. From when I started working with photography, I have always worked with portraits or images of the body. I worked with Black and White Photography until late in my college career and still find it a necessary part of my dialogue. Now I work mainly in color; as a Puertorrican artist I find vibrant color to be part of my art.

After an unfortunate accident with my leg I picked up drawing as a regular habit to engage quick ideas. Since then I have drawn several series that involve some aspect of feminine icons. My first series involved the detailing of high-heeled shoes in Surrealist and humanistic representations. Some of my other series have involved lips, blood, corsets and cherries. Most of my drawings are done in ink in a very specific set of hues. They all involve easily recognizable objects, sometimes innocent or graphically twisted. My new project moves to the idea of diffusion and infusion of color, light, and smell. They are small, simple, celebratory drawings of color escaping the object on to the rest of the world. They are mainly pink, red, and orange in hue, with green, purple, or blue accents.

My collages started as experiment in self-portraiture. I quickly began experimenting with larger sizes and erotic ideas. Those earlier works allowed me the freedom to tackle more controversial subjects that I was not able to do in other environments. Jindrich Styrsky was a huge influence on my earlier work. Other artists that I have influenced me are Florine Stettheimer, Yayoi Kusama, Ana Mendieta, Katrina Del Mar, Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, the Surrealists, the Futurists, and the Dadaists among others.

About five years ago I started using the four by six inch format and have stayed with it ever since. I use female body parts to speak of romance, darkness, sexuality, and violence, among other topics. While I lived in Japan I became interested in using abstractions of color and texture. I use both textures in the image as well as the paper it is printed on. I used a rectangular format and concentrated on sensuality and the couple as my subjects.

With my art, I want foremost to feed the hunger that resides where nothing else can touch. I want to create more hunger to feed. I also hope that I can interest others in art, and engage the viewer in the ideas that I tackle in my work, which sometimes can be unnerving or uncomfortable. I want people to see this not just as shock art but something much more.