My work centers on my experiences as a woman within the Chicano lowriding world. Growing up right by “the Boulevard”, I was exposed to the kinetic art of lowriders, classics, and hot rods that passed me by, low and slow. My ties to this car world heightened when my fiancé gifted me "La Playgirl" –a hot pink 1975 Cadillac Eldorado. This led to a three-year fine-art hiatus to focus on painting lowriders in an auto shop instead of producing personal work. Unpredictably, I gained insight into painting approaches used by auto paint technicians. This experience redefined what art meant to me. Before this, my perspective honored a traditional practice–oil on canvas was all that made sense to me. Since then, my work has increasingly involved mixed media and non-traditional approaches. The auto shop influenced my art practice making it more intimate, patient and refined due to painting on cars.

Using bold colors, portraiture, lowrider kustom paint, and elements of the urban landscape, I create compositions that emphasize femininity in this male-dominated world. I find beauty within the communities and individuals that are often overlooked. This imagery gives a sense of "home" to many of the viewers with backgrounds similar to mine, especially to the women who are cruising the boulevard alongside me. Materials wise I work with oils and automotive paint. It is applied in one of two ways: either in a delicate manner referencing the mural work found on lowrider kustom paint jobs or in a rough impasto manner referencing the countless defaced murals riddled with graffiti that are commonplace in the communities these cars traverse. Every materialistic choice is specific to the narrative. My surfaces range from larger-scale painting on canvas, an assemblage style frame or found object installation. I have even painted directly on metal auto parts to hint at the idea of rasquachismo (using whatever materials are available to you to create, even junk). I find inspiration in images I have taken while cruising, photos taken of me and my car or of me painting lowriders and sometimes images taken by friends who are creatives in my world. Ultimately, all my images are either of my first-hand experiences or stories of the women within the lowrider community.

I view the art making process as a sacred space, similar to ritual. This perspective was gained through the six years I’ve spent as a lowrider owner and fine artist. The mere act of building or cruising a lowrider has spiritualistic underpinnings. It is an act of worship. I see this thought process materialize itself in my own art making practice as I know that every choice, I make is intentional and rooted in the authenticity it takes to be a woman in the lowrider world. My art practice reflects the deep roots I have planted in the lowrider community by bridging the gap between fine art and this underrepresented community.