My most recent and ongoing body of work, Root Rot, is a study of colonial histories in Valencia, CA. Incorporating research from public archives, works range from large-scale, colorfully-rendered citrus labels to graphite drawings of World’s Fairs photographs. These reflect on the legacies of the California citrus industry and its history of indigenous dispossession, erasure of immigrant labor, and privatization of land management practices.

July 7, 1936, 2022
Graphite on paper; Santa Ana Register, newspaper (1936)
25 3/4 x 38 1/2 in.


Five spoons, 2021
William Rogers & Son Sunkist Silverplate Fruit Spoons (c. 1910)
Dimensions variable

Truth, 2021
Pastel, graphite, crayon, color pencil on matboard; Crate label, “Truth Brand.” Arlington, Riverside Co., CA (c. 1930s)
32 x 32 in.

Historic Houses, 2021 
Mixed media on matboard; Harold D. Eberlein and Cortlandt V. D.Hubbard, Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley (1942); Sunkist Citrus House on Main Street, USA, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, plans (1960-89)
32 x 32 in.


Historic Houses (detail), 2021
Mixed media on matboard; Harold D. Eberlein and Cortlandt V. D.Hubbard, Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley (1942); Sunkist Citrus House on Main Street, USA, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, plans (1960-89)
32 x 32 in.