La Hora de Volver

40" x 67"
Watercolor and acrylic on paper
2020

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I grew up in Echo Park, our small house on top of a hill looking down on Reservoir to the East and straight ahead on Mohawk, the wide asphalt streets emitting heat waves visible from my perch on a yellow hydrant in front of our door as I ruminated on my daily existential crisis, contemplating my place in this small world, drifting in the vast expanse of the Universe, my neighborhood ending just before the figurine clouds galloping in the azure skies beyond the horizon.