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My stop-motion project on the stage at City Heights Performance Annex on May 2, 2025. Photo by @xingphotostudio.bsky.social
My stop motion animation projected in the theatre for In the Name of Duration. Performances May 1 & 2, City Heights Performance Annex.

#durationalart #performance #performanceart #dance #sandiego #stopmotion #stopmotionanimation
Filiberto 3/29/25

I’m still interested in drawing the figure, but my focus is shifting towards an awareness of the moment, my own wandering interests in the drawing process and the mood of the model.
Justine, 2025. Oil on cotton, 20” x 20”.

I met Justine a while ago and we’ve kept in touch, mostly comparing notes about our travels to Europe. He works at the VA where he puts in insane hours, but you wouldn’t notice it when you’re hanging out with him. He’s smart, funny, and always good company.
Chris J., 2025. Pencil on paper.

Another happy afternoon, spent drawing @cdotjinx at the #nakeddrawinggroup.

I like how this drawing turned out, smudges and all that map my sweaty working hands on the image of Chris - who by the way has the deepest baritone voice which makes me want to order a whi
I’m haunted by faces.

1. Wax mask from Cumae, Naples, Italy, ca. 100 CE
2. Francis Bacon
3. My portrait of JT, 2024, oil on canvas.
#painting #realism #faces #figuration #figurativeart #portrait #portraitpainting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #gaycommunity #gayart #gayartist #hivaware
Derek, 2025. Oil on canvas, 20” x 20”.

This is my initial Flashes post, so I’m trying out the new platform!

The painting is part of a cumulative portrait of my gay community in San Diego, one person at a time.