Studio note

Living Canvas

El Lienzo Vivo changes between one field of color and thousands of raised shadows as distance and movement shift.

Chicago studio

El Lienzo Vivo, a white formal suit covered with multicolored raised paint marks.

The painting changes with distance

I completed El Lienzo Vivo on May 17, 2026. More than 11,000 raised paint marks cover the white suit, each one applied by hand. Across a room they merge. Up close, the surface breaks back into tiny shadows.

Movement edits the surface

A sleeve bend changes the spacing. A lapel turns and catches a different set of colors. The work never gives the camera the same painting twice.