Painting Porfolio 2006-2026

This page is an archive of my memory repository, highlights, and introspection exercises expressed in art

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(NYT 08} New York Times 2008

I came across a New York Times article from 2008 with my work in the Weekend Arts section, stored on a shelf and just now framed—a piece I had transformed into art in 2013.

In 2008, my work was featured in the New York Times as part of a show that traveled from the Heard Museum to the Smithsonian in New York, and later to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada.

From this experience, I learned so much about hope, expectations, and the fleeting nature of opportunities—everything is temporary, and nothing is promised. Art shows come and go, but the memories are always worth the effort. I’m deeply grateful to Joe Baker for including me in such an incredible opportunity. It feels almost surreal to look back and realize it happened, especially at such a young age. I was over the moon to have my first traveling museum shows, spanning three years. Showing at the Smithsonian remains one of the best experiences of my life.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World
June 7, 2008–September 21, 2008
New York, NY
In Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World, artists and curators Joe Baker (Delaware) and Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree) bring together 15 artists of mixed Native/non-Native background from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to explore ideas on the edges of human identity. Artists represented are Dustinn Craig, Fausto Fernandez, Luis Gutierrez, David Hannan, Gregory Lomayesva, Brian Miller, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Kent Monkman, Nadia Myre, Alan Natachu, Hector Ruiz, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Kade Twist, Bernard Williams, and Steven Yazzie.

Often amusing, and invariably provocative, the work of this new generation of artists raises issues that resonate far beyond the American art scene—questions about the meaning of race and ethnicity in an increasingly global society, and the tension between individual self-expression and cultural identity.

Produced by NMAI and the Heard Museum, Remix was also on view at the Heard in Phoenix from October 6, 2007, through April 27, 2008.

Genetic Adaptations To Environmental Changes

Collage, acrylic, and resin on canvas
84 x 120 Inches
2024

Available

Process Video: Click Here

I spent a month immersed in Iowa’s landscape during my artist residency at Art Farm Iowa. Each morning, I’d wake up to endless open fields, with rows of trees dividing properties and lakes scattered across the horizon. The intense, vivid greens stood out against warm sunsets, creating a sense of place that felt worlds away from the desert borderlands of Texas and Mexico, where I grew up.

In this piece, I wanted to capture the abstract essence of those dividing trees—their shape and presence against a landscape so distinct from the terrain of my childhood. Reflecting on this contrast, I’m struck by how deeply our environments influence us. Growing up in the city, I was surrounded by mountains in the distance, but without real access to explore them—skateboarding became my outlet. Meanwhile, friends raised near lakes took to fishing, while others in denser vegetation turned to hunting or farming. Our surroundings shape our thoughts, goals, and perspectives, cultivating unique skills and ways of seeing the world.

Abigail

Original serigraph with 4 hand made stencils, not a reproduction. Printed by the artist at XICO Inc - Latin & Native American Arts Organization on acid-free Legion Stonehenge Paper.
22 x 30
2020
The City of Tempe selected my monoprint Abigail into the City of Tempe Public Art Portable Works Collection.
The collection focuses on beautifying the built environment by bringing artwork by artists currently living in Maricopa County to city-operated facilities where the public is also able to enjoy it.

City of Tempe Public Art Collection 2024

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La Virgen Que Perdío Su Cabeza 2023

CAMINO AL ARTE ARTIST RESIDENCY
Community Engagement Project
Atotonilco and San Miguel de Allende
Mexico
2023

Available

The Atotonilco Sanctuary has a sculpture of a virgin who lost her head. In this project I set out to find out why by interviewing the community in which they participated by writing their versions on drawings I created. Here is a picture of the local priest participating by telling his story in conjunction with a local resident who expressed his story of how him and his friends damaged the piece when they were kids.

The artwork and photographs are framed and presented as one piece for future opportunities.

Tantarria

Collage, gold leaf, and acrylic on canvas

35.5 x 23.5

2023

The Camino Al Arte artist residecy located in Atotonilco is near San MIguel de Allende in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The residency is surrounded by Mesquite trees. On my first day in the residency I noticed a beautiful Mesquite beetle near my doorstep that inspired my first piece.

Collection of Camino Al Arte Residency

Impact of External Forces

Collage, acrylic, spray paint and wood on canvas.

48 x 72 inches

2023

Equality Health Permanent Collection

Trailed Over Iowa Farmland

Art Farm Iowa Residency June 2023

During the residency Fernandez created this artwork at the farm inspired by Iowa agriculture. Fernandez learned to drive a tractor and a three wheeler in dragging a canvas across the farm in rows just like farmers till the soil with their tractors or plant rows of corn. The end result is in process as Fernandez is combining the canvas with a performance video.

The Art Farm Iowa Residency resulted in my first performance work that was published in the statewide Iowa Magazine.

VIDEO LINK

Available

located at Artfarm Iowa in Northwood Iowa

Trailed Over Iowa Farmland

Art Farm Iowa Residency June 2023

Farm soil, grass stained canvas and spray paint, framed in black.
62 x 92 inches

The Art Farm Iowa Residency resulted in my first performance work that was published in the statewide Iowa Magazine.

VIDEO LINK

Available

Located in Northwood Iowa at ArtFarm Iowa

Burden Narratives While Stuck In Traffic In Pursuit Of An Obligation At The Port Of Entry

42 laser cut watercolor paper painted over with acrylic, spray paint, collage, watercolor, resin, and glued over canvas, framed in black.

79 x 101

2023

McNay Art Museum in San Antonio Permanent Collection

The international border is where two cultures overlap. The bridge is a merger of ideas and conflict. The painting Burden Narratives While Stuck in Traffic In Pursuit Of An Obligation At The Port of Entry, 2022 is a display of cars crossing the border. The work contemplates the commitment it takes for many border residents to cross the border regularly, their logistical planning, and the stress and anxiety experienced while stuck in traffic.

Phoenix Landscape

Collage, laser cut paper, resin and canvas on wood ,framed in black

16x16 inches

2023

Private Collection

Standstill Traffic

Collage, laser cut paper, spray paint and resin on wood

15x15 inches

2023

Private Collection

Traffic Jam

Collage, laser cut paper, resin and spray paint on wood ,framed in black

16x16 inches

2023

Private Collection

Grid City

Collage, laser cut paper, resin and spray paint on wood ,framed in black

16x16 inches

2023
Private Collection in San Antonio

Traffic Jam at The Port of Entry

laser cut watercolor paper, acrylic, spray paint, collage, watercolor, resin, and glued over canvas, framed in black.

37.25 x 49

2023

Private Collection

The international border is where two cultures overlap. The bridge is a merger of ideas and conflict. The painting Traffic Jam At The Port Of Entry is a display of cars crossing the border. The work contemplates the commitment it takes for many border residents to cross the border regularly, their logistical planning, and the stress and anxiety experienced while stuck in traffic.

Holiday Season Border Traffic

Laser cut collage, acrylic, spray paint, and resin on canvas with black frame

33.75 x 33.5

2023

Private Collection

The international border is where two cultures overlap. The bridge is a merger of ideas and conflict. The painting is a display of cars crossing the border. The work contemplates the commitment it takes for many border residents to cross the border regularly, their logistical planning, and the stress and anxiety experienced while stuck in traffic.

Bridge of The Americas

Laser cut collage, acrylic, spray paint, and resin on canvas with black frame

33 x 33

2023

Available

Two types of lanes in the border, one next to the other

Ready lane (left) and General traffic lane (right)

Laser cut collage, acrylic, spray paint, and resin on canvas with black frame

49 x 49 each

2023

Available

Ready Lane

Laser cut collage, acrylic, spray paint, and resin on canvas with black frame

49 x 49

2023

Available

General Traffic Lane

Laser cut collage, acrylic, spray paint, and resin on canvas with black frame

49 x 49

2023

Available

Cross-Border Traffic

Laser cut, watercolor paper, acrylic and resin on wood with custom frame

15x15 inches

2023

Private Collection, on display at Practical Art Phoenix.

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Burl Positioned In Proximity To The Workstation

Collage, acrylic, oil stick, photography and image transfer on canvas with laser engraving on wood slab. Framed in light blue

49 x 96

2022

Available

My art studio is inside a warehouse that transforms locally sourced Arizona lumber into custom handcrafted furniture. My artworks are memories of my journey and I thought it would be special to make a piece that captivates this time working on within the community at the warehouse where my studio is located. I photographed the enormous burl as reference that has been placed right next to my worktable for the last 5 years.

Reporte de puentes internacionales

Wallpaper collage, acrylic, resin, and laser etching on panel. Framed in blue.
24 x 18 inches
2022

Private Collection

Cars crossing the international border.

Linea de el Puente

Laser etching on mat board

14 x 11

2022

Private Collection

Influence of External Forces

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

32 x 22

2022

Private Collection

Crucial Components

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

32 x 22

2022

Private Collection

Propeller

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

32 x 22

2022

Available

Anything but Tame

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

32 x 22

2022

Available

Quantum Entanglement

Collage, acrylic, oil pastel, and spray paint on canvas

2012-2022

72 x 48

Available

In this painting the metaphor is in a microscope in reference to a breakup. When talking about love and romance, people often bring up unseen and mystical connections. Such connections exist in the subatomic world as well, thanks to a bizarre and counterintuitive phenomenon called quantum entanglement. The basic idea of quantum entanglement is that two particles can be intimately linked to each other even if separated by billions of light-years of space; a change induced in one will affect the other.

Consider two particles, A and B. The quantum state for a two-particle system is simply the tensor product of the two state spaces. We can write the quantum state of the two-particle system as,
|Φ⟩=|𝐴⟩⊗|𝐵⟩|Φ⟩=|A⟩⊗|B⟩
Or simply,
|Φ⟩=|𝐴𝐵⟩|Φ⟩=|AB⟩
This is just a compact notation that indicates that the left state corresponds to particle A and the right to particle B.

The Drake Equation

Collage, acrylic, oil pastel, and spray paint on canvas

2012-2022

72 x 48

Available

The Space Station .

(The formula for finding a partner)

In this painting the metaphor is in the space shuttle in relation to space. The Drake equation is used to estimate the number of highly evolved civilizations that might exist in our galaxy. Dr. Frank Drake developed the formula in 1961 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia.
Peter Backus used this formula to calculate his potential girlfriends as explained in his academic paper called “Why I don’t have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK”

G=R⋅fP⋅ne⋅fl⋅fi⋅fe⋅L

G = The number of civilizations capable of interstellar communication
R = The rate of formation of stars capable of supporting life (stars like our Sun)
ne = The average number of planets similar to Earth per planetary system
fl = The fraction of the Earth‐like planets supporting life of any kind
fi = The fraction of life‐supporting planets where intelligent life develops
fc = The fraction of planets with intelligent life that are capable of interstellar communication (those which have electromagnetic technology like radio or TV)
L = The length of time such communicating civilizations survive

Fine tuning your physique

Collage, acrylic, oil pastel, and spray paint on canvas

72 x 48

2012-2022

Available

(The formula for the perfect ass)

In this painting a stationary bike is the metaphor to working out and having a perfect ass.
The mathematical formula was Developed by Dr. David Holmes, a psychology lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, and his team of British academics, this mathematical — but also pretty subjective — formula will tell you exactly how flawless your ass really is. One must assess our assets on a scale of 1 to 20 in the following categories:

(S+C) x (B+F) / (T-V).
S = overall shape
C = circularity
B = bounciness
F = firmness
T = skin texture

Calculate V, which is the ratio of the hips to waist. Then simply do the math and determine how close it is to 80 — a perfect score

Attraction, Love, and Communication

Collage, acrylic, oil pastel, and spray paint on canvas

2012-2022

72 x 48

Available

(The formula where the result is I love you)

In this painting a vintage rotary dial telephone is the metaphor for communication and love.
The mathematical formula can be brought down by simple algebra like,
say, i+5 < 3u+5 => i<3u

The famous style is this:
Solve for i,
9x- 7i < 3 (3x -7u)
= 9x - 7i < 9x - 21u
= -7i < -21u (cancel out the 9x)
Simplified: i <3 u

Therefore: I love you

The Shining

Collage, acrylic, oil pastel, and spray paint on canvas

2012-2022

72 x 48

Available

The formula for the perfect scary movie)

In this painting the metaphor is an electric chair in reference to a scary movie. The pentagram was not painted for its spiritual significance, but rather as a variation of the five lines in this series. The pentagram is often used as a mystic and magical symbol so it inspired the mathematical formula. It represents the perfect scary movie, the shining.

The mathematical model shows what elements of suspense, realism and gore combine to make a blood-curdling scary movie.

(es+u+cs+t) squared +s+ (tl+f)/2 + (a+dr+fs)/n + sin x - 1,

Where:
es = escalating music
u = the unknown
cs = chase scenes
t = sense of being trapped
s = shock
tl = true life
f = fantasy
a = character is alone
dr = in the dark
fs = film setting
n = number of people
sin = blood and guts
1 = stereotypes

The Math Series

The “Math Series” are a series of conceptual works and mixed media collages that reference machines with mathematical equations in relation to relationships.

Fernandez incorporates motifs of machines and tools. These serve as metaphors for how when we are in love, we lose sight of reality and our true nature, making our behavior mechanical and autonomous.

5 paintings were made in order to break the symmetry of an even number. The dark backgrounds imitate chalk boards with a five inch canvas border. The black lines in these paintings are variations of the same five lines, same length and same width.
Each painting has a written mathematical formula. In the front the formulas are covered by the layers of paint and collage, they are symbolic to a chalk board background, the formulas are written in the back for context behind each painting.
The white paper collage images are inanimate objects that are cut in pieces and conceptually inspired by these formulas.

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Front Portrait of Yuko

Photography, image transfer, collage and acrylic on canvas

36 x 36 inches

2021

Private Collection

This is a portrait of local artist Yuko Yabuki. I appreciate photography and occasionally I photograph friends as subjects in my work. I use these photographs to create my image transfers, a process that requires laser prints to transfer the toner onto canvas, removing the paper. This process allows me to create the portraits in multiple layers. The surfaces of the works are built up in layers of paint, collage, and drawing materials. In this process, I meld gestural brushwork and intuitive mark-making with fragments of realism, including the human face and form.

Rear Portrait of Yuko

Photography, image transfer, collage and acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 inches

2021
Private Collection

Record of someone's presence

Collage, cardboard puzzle, acrylic, photography and image transfer on panel passed through a planer.
24 x 18
2021

Private Collection

The Essence of Resilience

Collage, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

108 x 84 inches

2021

Available

This series reimagines damaged Navajo rugs repaired with gold, inspired by Kintsugi and wabi-sabi philosophies that celebrate imperfections. Influenced by my experience working with museum collections, these works honor the fragility of cultural artifacts while embracing Abstract Expressionist spontaneity through bold, gestural paint splatters.

Gallery view/ pair

Private Collection

The Unexpected Beauty of Decay

Collage and acrylic on canvas

108 x 84 inches

2021

Private Collection

The Field Of Comparative Mythology

Collage, acrylic, oil sticks, crayons, resin, and spray paint on canvas.
84x69 in
2021
Available

In 2020 I noticed remarks on faith and religion with the political dilemmas, misinformation, disagreements and strong opinions in individual beliefs. With over 4000 religions and over 28 million gods in the world arguments on these subjects were pointless, this inspired my idea for this painting. I thought to gather all gods into one painting but had to pick a few just to make a point for context. The gods and goddesses I selected are Ganesha, Hera, Jesus, lord Shiva, Osiris and Zeus.
While doing some research I learned that Omnism is the recognition and respect for all religions or lack thereof. It is a way to accept the existence of various religions without believing in all they profess to teach. That was interesting.

Line of Descent

Collage and acrylic on canvas

32 x 64

2021

Private Collection

Neutralized Expressions

Photography, image transfer and acrylic on canvas in orange frame\

46 x 60 inches

2021

Available

This is an image of a picture I took in 2017 from the grounds of the Pasadena City College Robinson Stadium during their graduation. Here, I am neutralizing their facial expressions to address the beauty of our individual characteristics, the non-verbal communication, that are meaningful for our connection. I also noticed the amount of diversity of people in this picture, something that I enjoyed about living in LA, most of my friends when I lived in LA were from different parts of the world.

Lithological Boundaries

Digital rendering, image transfer, collage, airbrush, acrylic and yarn on canvas.
72x60 inches
2021

Private Collection

Aguila parada en un nopal

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
60 x 48
2021

Private Collection

This painting had a Mexican Flag and is part of a series related to the Aztec gods and ideas of power and change. Here I limit the amount of collage allowing the black to dominate. Black suggest mystery, it's presence reminds me of a monolith or a monument. Here the black is a revelation taking over my thoughts and ideas of the past. These were titled after Aztec gods, and the flag is based on the Aztec symbol Tenochtitlan, the center of the Aztec empire.

Last year I felt this painting with the flag was being wrongfully interpreted as a personal symbol of pride and patriotism, unrelated to my original concept. I used a transparent sheen of black to tone it down, that it itself brings other interpretations that are more interesting, it solved the painting.

Bloom and Wither

Collage and acrylic on canvas

36 x 36 inches

2021

Sold at auction at XICO.org gala 2021.

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The Foundation

Collage, image transfer, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

48 x 72

2020

Private Commission

Farm Land

Collage, image transfer, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

54 x 72

2020

Private Commission

Agricultural Folkways

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

54 x 216

2020

Private Commission

Agricultural Folkways

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

54 x 216

2020

Private Commission

The Remnant Left of A Neutron Star

Collage, acrylic, spray paint, and oil sticks on canvas
62 x 96
2020
Collection of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum

IEarly in my career I did a series of collages on canvas with designs made of architectural blueprint paper and wallpaper strips cut with precision and applied meticulously onto the canvas. My training in graphic design in part influenced them; I was applying techniques I learned in college as a graphic designer the way we did before we created designs digitally.
On this painting I decided that my work needed to develop to reveal those ideas I felt uncomfortable creating. I needed to take some risks into allowing the materials to flow without precision and planning. I allowed the paper to overlap and the paint to drip. I started applying gestural marks into my paintings as forms of symbolic expression. Scribbling as the foundation of our artistic development, the more we do scribble the more they become unique to us by their characteristics, like a signature. I wanted to see how my old work would look if I allowed it to transform.
I applied ideas from the abstract expressionist by applying dynamic paint splatters, leaving more of the final outcome to chance, accidents, and the element of surprise adding unique characteristics to the each painting.

Highlights of the Flawed and Imperfect

Collage, acrylic, spray paint and gold leaf on canvas
36 x 28
2020

Private Collection

Melancholic beauty in the impermanence of all things

Collage, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
108 x 84 inches
2020

Nothing is ever truly broken

Collage, acrylic, gun powder and gold leaf on canvas
60 x 120 inches
2020

Available
This series reimagines damaged Navajo rugs repaired with gold, inspired by Kintsugi and wabi-sabi philosophies that celebrate imperfections. Influenced by my experience working with museum collections, these works honor the fragility of cultural artifacts while embracing Abstract Expressionist spontaneity through bold, gestural paint splatters.

The wisdom of the ages into a single object

Collage, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
2020
48 x 72 inches
Available

On Loan LUX Annex Scottsdale

Golden Seams

Collage, acrylic and gold leaf on panel
2020
24 x 18
Private Collection

The natural cycle of growth and decay

Collage, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
36 x 30

2020

On Hold, Private Collection

Imperfection

Collage, acrylic, resin and gold leaf on panel
2020
24 x 18
Private Collection

Mended Flaws

Collage, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

12 x 12

2020

Private collection

Attribute

Acrylic, image transfer and oil sticks on canvas.
60 x 72
2019

Private Collection

My life. My Strife. My Glory. My Story. My Tribe. My VIbe.

Collage, acrylic, and photo image transfer on canvas.

60 x 48 inches

2019

Available

On Loan at LUX Central, Phoenix

The phenomenon of moiré magnification

Collage, acrylic and tin foil on canvas
72x48
2019

On Hold, located in Shakopee MN

The phenomenon of moiré magnification

Collage, acrylic and tin foil on canvas
72x48
2019

On Hold, located in Shakopee MN

I did a series of works that a layered with floral patterns made of architectural drawings, maps, sewing patterns and wall paper. The idea is to cover the surface of the canvas with layers of paper and paint in a uniform aesthetic.
I heard the term Peacocking or Peacock Effect meaning dressing for attention or males in a theoretical situation of trying to impress an attractive female, just like Peacocks would do in nature by spreading its tail feathers as part of the ritual involving courtship display.
I associated artist in some cases as showing off their skills with their art as Peacock effect as we create beautiful objects for displa and attention at times. The titles are relevant to the idea of courtship.
Architectural blue prints, maps and sewing patterns are examples of instructional materials that serve as metaphors to a society that functions by helping one another, these guides serve the purpose to instruct us and teach us skills to move forward.

Doni Tondo Reconsidered

Collage and acrylic on wood.

18 x 24

2019

Private Collection

The Arrangement

Collage, silkscreen and acrylic on wood

18 x 24

2019

Private Collection

Astronaut

18 x 24

2019

Private Collection

Sold at Royce Contemporary

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Exclusion of The Doni Tondo

Collage, acrylic and resin on wood.

18 x 24

2019

Available

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The Belt of Venus

Collage, acrylic and resin on wood.

18 x 24

2019

Private Collection

Blending Inheritance

Silkscreen, oil sticks and acrylic on wood

18 x 24

2019

Private Collection

Connecting Flights

Connecting Flights
Collage, photo image transfer and acrylic on canvas
37 x 96 inches
2019

Available

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Dust and Memories

Collage, acrylic and image transfer on canvas

37 x 96

2019

Available

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Swoosh

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

37 x 96

2019

Private Collection

Mismatch of Methods

Collage, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas.
60 x 60
2019

Available.

Huitzilopochtili

Patron of the Aztec gods

Collage, acrylic, oil sticks, and spray paint on canvas with blue floating frame

60 x 81

2018 Private Collection

The awareness of change as we grow older inspired Huitzilopochtli, 2018. The collage on the painting represents my older work as an expression of my younger self and the black color represents a mystical force covering my ideas of the past

Chalchiuhtlicue

Goddess of water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams horizontal waters and baptism

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

60x48

2018

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Available

Coatlicue

Goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth.

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

60x48

2018

Private Collection

Tezcatlipoca

God of providence, the darkness and the invisible, lord of the night, ruler of the north.

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

60x48

2018

info@faustofernandez.com

Available

Quetzalcoatl

Patron of knowledge and learning, and also creative god.

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

60x48

2018

Available

Fernandez incorporates motifs of machines and tools. These serve as metaphors for how when we are in love, we lose sight of reality and our true nature, making our behavior mechanical and autonomous.

Xochiquetzal

Goddess associated with concepts of fertility, beauty, and female sexual power.

Collage, acrylic, resin, and spray paint on canvas

36 x 60

2018

Private Collection

Xolotl

He is the dark personification of Venus, the evening star, and was associated with heavenly fire.

Collage, acrylic, oil sticks, and spray paint on canvas

36 x 60

2018

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Tonatiuh

Sun God
Collage, acrylic and spray paint on wood
22 Inch diameter
2018

Private Collection

Cihuacoatl #2

Goddess of childbirth and picker of souls

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

24 x 12 inches

2018

Private Collection

Oxomoco

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

30 x 40

2018

Private Collection

An Organic Mishmash of Randomly Drawn Lines, Shapes, and Forms

Collage, acrylic, oil sticks, and spray paint on canvas

73x144

2018

Private Collection

Action and Gesture
Early in my career I did a series of collages on canvas with designs made of architectural blueprint paper and wallpaper strips cut with precision and applied meticulously onto the canvas. My training in graphic design in part influenced them; I was applying techniques I learned in college as a graphic designer the way we did before we created designs digitally.
On this painting I decided that my work needed to develop to reveal those ideas I felt uncomfortable creating. I needed to take some risks into allowing the materials to flow without precision and planning. I allowed the paper to overlap and the paint to drip. I started applying gestural marks into my paintings as forms of symbolic expression. Scribbling as the foundation of our artistic development, the more we do scribble the more they become unique to us by their characteristics, like a signature. I wanted to see how my old work would look if I allowed it to transform.
I applied ideas from the abstract expressionist by applying dynamic paint splatters, leaving more of the final outcome to chance, accidents, and the element of surprise adding unique characteristics to the each painting.

Harmony with Existence

Collage, photo image transfer, spray paint, and acrylic on canvas.

48"x48"

2018

Private Collection

Malinalxochitl

Sorceress and goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects of the desert. Her brother was Huitzilopochtli.

Collage, resin, acrylic, oil sticks, and spray paint on canvas

89X63

2018

Private Collection

Dynamic Equilibrium

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas.

57" x 70"

2018

Private Collection

Static Equilibrium

Collage, spray paint and acrylic on canvas
45 x 50
2018

Private Collection

Black Monolith

Collage, acrylic, oil sticks and spray paint on canvas
60 x 60
2018

Available
This is a portrait I took of a friend of mine named Jae. The translucent rectangle came after the portrait as an aesthetic composition.
The monolith tones down the image as a metaphor to re-discover the values all ethnic cultures.

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Time and Tide Waits for No One

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28

2017

Available

Sketchbook

Collage and acrylic on canvas

35" x 28"

2017

Private Collection

Origin

Mono Print

Oil on paper

22.5 x 30

2017

Private Collection

Vanishing Clusters of People

Collage, Solvent transfer, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

24 x 40

2017

Private Collection

Photo Screen Text Messages of a Mexican Girl in Miami #2

Photo transfer and acrylic on canvas

35x28

2017

Available

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Waves of Impact as a Method of Truth-telling

Collage, image transfer, spray paint and acrylic divided on 3 canvas stretchers

72 x 180

2016

Available

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General John J. Pershing and his crew of military officials. These soldiers were part of the expedition charged with capturing Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916. Fernandez was drawn to the powerful stance and stoic presence of these men, whose military attire reinforces their sense of authority.

Ghost Crowd Defined by Their Shared Emotional Experience

Mono Print

Oil on paper

22.5 x 30

2017

Private Collection

Origin Ghost

Mono Print

Oil on paper

22.5 x 30

2017

Private Collection

Crowd Defined by their Share Emotional Experiences

Mono Print

Oil on paper

22.5 x 30

2017

Collection of Xico Inc. Phoenix Arizona

Home Team Spectators

Collage, spray paint and acrylic on canvas
35x28

Private Collection

The Last Minute Fuck Up

Collage, image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28

2016

Private Collection

Seaside Gathering

Collage, image transfer, spray paint and acrylic on canvas

48 x 96

2016

Private Collection LUX Coffee

Sound-To-Color Synesthesia

Collage, acrylic and image transfer on canvas

72 x 48

2016

Private Collection

Portrait with a rose and scribble

Collage and acrylic on canvas

36 x 25

2016

Private Collection

Inflorescence in a Complex Bloom

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28

2016

Private Collection

Stupefy Spell

Photo transfer, collage, acrylic and sparkle on canvas

36 x 36

2016

Not available

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Greater Sense of Inclusiveness

Collage, wallpaper, acrylic and photo transfer on canvas

5 x 10 ft

2016

Private Collection

Water Succulents

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28

2016

Available

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The Colling Effect of Ice Cream

Collage, image transfer, spray paint and acrylic on canvas

78 x 48

2016

Reworking on this one

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Banana Plant in Wynwood

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28.5

2016

Private collection

Underground Station

Collage, book pages, image transfer and acrylic on canvas

36 x 60

2016

Available

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Descending View Of Escalator

Collage, image transfer, acrylic and oil sticks on canvas

24 x 36

2016

Private Collection

Spectators

Collage, acrylic, aerosol and photo image transfer on canvas

72 x 96

2015

Collection of New Mexico Art in Public Places

Lingering Effects On The Westside

Collage, acrylic, spray paint and image transfer on canvas

72 x 49

2016

Private Collection

Existential Conception of Nature

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28

2016

Private Collection

Riverside Portland Setting

Collage, image transfer, spray paint and acrylic on canvas

78 x 48

2015

Private Collection

Grotto Seating

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28.5

2016

Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Collection

Blow in the Right Direction

Photo Image transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

35 x 28.5

2016

White Box Gallery, New York, NY. Not returned.

Featured

Heights of Summer

Collage and acrylic on canvas

48x48

2015

Private Collection

The Floral Series are mixed media collage inspired by the still-life bouquets. The idea is to create my version of a flower bouquet as shown in many paintings of the 17th century.
With these paintings I explore an aesthetic variations in my work. In most of my work I apply materials such as maps, sewing patterns, mechanical renderings and architectural plans as metaphors to human relationships. These materials provide meaning to my work questioning my ideas of society and human relationships. In working with these concepts I question my personality, my purpose and my relationships.
Architectural plans in this painting represent my ideas of comfort. The buildings we live are designed and built by groups of architects and construction workers to provide shelter. I like the idea that other individuals in our society help us by designing templates that facilitate assembly. I believe everyone has a purpose in a community; these instructional materials are examples of guides that facilitate individuals with information. The linear elements on the top layer are marked using a template with the shape of an airplane horizontal stabilizer. The horizontal stabilizer is a common shape in my paintings with mechanical images. I appropriated these shapes and design based on my design of the Sky Harbor International Airport Sky Train Station terrazzo floor.

Dominant Influence in The Evolution of Courtship

Collage and acrylic on canvas

72x144 Diptych

2014

Private Collection

I heard the term Peacocking or Peacock Effect meaning dressing for attention or males in a theoretical situation of trying to impress an attractive female, just like Peacocks would do in nature by spreading its tail feathers as part of the ritual involving courtship display.

I associated artist in some cases as showing off their skills with their art as Peacock effect as we create beautiful objects for displa and attention at times. The titles are relevant to the idea of courtship.

The 7th annual Teddy Bear Toss

Collage, gel image transfer and acrylic on canvas

36 x 36

2015

Private Collection

Overflowing Abundance

Collage and acrylic on canvas

60x60

2015

Private Collection

Wisdom, Nobility and The Power of Immortality

Paper collage and acrylic on canvas

48' x 48'

2014

Private Collection

Offspring

Collage and acrylic on canvas

24x24

2014

Private Collection

Chlorophyll

Collage and acrylic on canvas

24x24

2014

Private Collection

Phone Screen Text Messages of a Mexican Girl in Miami

Photo transfer and acrylic on canvas

35x28

2016

Collection of Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation.

Memories of Gentle Guidance

Collage and acrylic on canvas

36x36

2014

In every season there's some new exotic bloom

Collage, acrylic, image transfer, and oil pastel on canvas

60x36

2014

Pistil and The Stamens

Architectural prints, maps, sewing patterns, wall paper collage, acrylic paint, and acrylic markers on canvas

24x24

2013

Private Collection

Morphological Adaptation

Architecture plans, maps, wallpaper collage, acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas.

36x36

2014

Private Commission

Ornaments of Natural Selection

Collage of architectural prints and maps, acrylic, and oil pastel on canvas.

96x47

2014

Private Collection

All Flowers In Time Bend Towards the Sun

Mixed media collage on canvas

72 x 72

2013

Private Collection

Light in luminescent mycelia

Collage and acrylic on canvas

60 x 60

2014

All Nature Consists of Hamony Arising out of Numbers

Collage and acrylic on canvas

72x72

2913

Private Collection

All signs around me point to go but in my hert and head I feel static

Architectural print, sewing pattern, image transfer and acrylic on canvas

42 x 43

2014

Private Collection

Abundance of Memories

Architecture plans, maps, wallpaper collage, acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas

36 x 36

2014

Private Collection

Love is What You Make It Out to Be

Collage and acrylic on canvas

72x72

2013

Private Collection

Manipulation of Inanimate Objects by Living Things

Collage and acrylic on canvas

2014

36x60

Sidley Austin LLP. Dallas, TX. Collection

Faceless Self Portrait

Architectural print, wall paper, sewing pattern collage, acrylic paint and laser print image transfer on canvas.

44x36

2013

Private Collection

I Ate Some Mushrooms and Remembered I was Madly in Love with Her

Image transfer, collage, and acrylic on canvas

72x72

2013

Private Collection

Swag of Flowers

Architectural prints, maps, sewing patterns, wall paper collage, acrylic paint, and acrylic markers on canvas

24x24

2013

Private Collection

Basic Mechanisms of Evolution

Collage and acrylic on canvas

48x48

2014

Private Collection

El Besito

Collage, acrylic, image transfer and paint marker on canvas

18 x 24

2013

Tension between desire and impossibility

Collage, acrylic and laser print on paper

18 x 24

2013

Private Collection

Courtship adaptations

Collage and acrylic on canvas

24 x 24

2014

Private Collection

Autumn

Map and sewing pattern clippings, collage on canvas

60x36

2013

Private Collection

Four Lines of Symmetry

Collage, architectural blue prints and acrylic on canvas

60 x 36

2013

Private Collection

Featured

Bursting with Blooms

Architectural prints, maps, sewing patterns, wall paper collage, acrylic paint, and acrylic markers on canvas.

24 x 24

2013

Private Collection

Family in Rome

Collage, acrylic and laser print on canvas.

18x24

2013

Private Collection

One Life, Death and Immortality

Collage, book pages, wallpaper, image transfer, and oil pastel on paper

18 x 24

2013

Collection of the artist

20 minute intervals of affections

Collage, acrylic and laser print on paper

18 x 24

2013

Artist Pension Trust

Petals and Sepals

Architectural prints, maps, sewing patterns, wall paper collage, acrylic paint, and acrylic markers on canvas.

24x24

2013

Private Collection

Suicide doors

Collage, acrylic, and laser print transfer on paper

18x24

2013

Private Collection

Monochrome Rotor Prototype

Mixed media collage on canvas

36 x 25

2011

Private Collection

Spiritual Warrior

Image transfer and acrylic on canvas

36 x 25

2012

Private Collection

Modern Advances Adapting to Nature

Mixed media collage on canvas

74 x 96

2011

Collection of New Mexico Art in Public Places

Bataan Memorial Building, Santa Fe NM.

Dominance and daintiness

Image transfer, collage, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas

36 x 25

2012

Private Collection

Self Portrait Blossom in Radius

Collage and acrylic on canvas

46 x 46

2011

Private Collection

Paraphernalia

Mixed media collage on canvas

36 x 60

2011

Private Collection

Fernandez incorporates motifs of machines and tools. These serve as metaphors for how when we are in love, we lose sight of reality and our true nature, making our behavior mechanical and autonomous.

Monochrome Rotor Wings Over Black

Mixed media collage on canvas

36 x 25

2011

Private Collection

Horizontal Stabilizer and Propeller

86x97

2010

Private Collection

Cylinders in grayscale over white

Mixed media collage on canvas

36 x 25

2011

Private Collection

it's what you do with time that heals 2010 7x5 ft

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

7 x 5 ft

2010

Erni Cabat Award. Tucson Museum of Art, Biennial 2011, Tucson, AZ.

Tucson Museum of Art Collection

Main Rotor Assembly #1

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

60 x 36

2010

Private Collection

Plier flower crush

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

36 x 25

2010

Private Collection

Main rotor assembly #2

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

60 x 36

2010

Private Collection

Mechanics of Airborne Maneuvers

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

8 x 14 ft

2010

Destroyed

Instructional Oblongs

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

36 x 66

2010

Private collection

Gears working in tandem

72x97

2010

Artist Pension Trust Collection, not returned

Silhouettes and airships

72x96

2010

Collection of The University of Texas in El Paso and The Rubin Center.

Green dot tailplane

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

3 x 8 ft

2010

Hotel Palomar Phoenix Permanent Collection

The most stylish rotary wings

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

36 x 25

2010

Private Collection

Featured

Demographic Fabric of America

6x9ft

2009

Heard Museum Collection

Application of force in a single movement

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

7x 8 ft

2009

Private Collection

Horizontal stabilizer six pack

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

25 x 72

2009

Private Collection

Cortisol levels and the empathy

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

3 x 6 ft

2009

Private Collection

Lateral stability 2009 64 x36

Collage, spray paint and acrylic on canvas

64 x 36

2009

Private Collection

Aircraft Safety Analysis

Collage and acrylic on canvas

64 x 67

2009

Private Collection

Machine for perpetual Motion

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

47x96

2009

Private Collection

Pretty dated, otherwise indicated

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

47 x 47

2009

Private Collection

Horizontal stabilizer and valve

Woodcut, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

26 x 40

2009

Gallo Blanco Cafe Restaurant in Phoenix collection

Stubborn botanical self reliance

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

66x 74

2009

Private Collection

Architectural blue prints, maps and sewing patterns are examples of instructional materials that serve as metaphors to a society that functions by helping one another, these guides serve the purpose to instruct us and teach us skills to move forward.
In relationships there are no formulas or guides to follow. We create our own methods to create intimacy. I use these instructional materials in my work as metaphors to relationships, the guides and patterns in our daily routines. We apply force to mechanical objects for them to work.

Multiple gear speed in line of shaft

Collage, acrylic and spray paint on canvas

72x90

2008

Private Collection

Fernandez incorporates motifs of machines and tools. These serve as metaphors for how when we are in love, we lose sight of reality and our true nature, making our behavior mechanical and autonomous.