Iraqi Gunmen, 24"x24"

Shiite Women,  24"x24"

American Soldier in Iraq, 24"x24"

Title: Homeless War Vet at Coldwater Canyon

36"x24"

mixed media on wood.

This elderly man was begging for change at an off ramp in Studio City, CA.  I gave him a few dollars and asked to photograph him. Although he was a slightly embarrassed, he stood up straight and raised his chin as he posed for me.

Title: Karate Kiddo

size 12x9"

graphite, ink and charcoal on canvasboard.

Kalinga Tribesman, Phillipines

Mixed Media on Paper

Title: Noli Eating Rice

Medium: watercolor, graphite, charcoal on paper.

Size: 24x18"

This is a painting of my father eating rice with a spoon and fork. This is a reaction to news about a little Filipino boy in Canada who was repeatedly scolded for eating rice using a spoon and fork at lunch time in May of 2006.   This made national headlines which brought Filipino protesters in the Philippines to picket the Canadian embassy to support the Filipino boy. Traditionally, most Filipino Americans eat with a spoon and fork when eating rice.  Discrimination and ethnocentrism should not be tolerated and have no place in America or Canada for that matter.

Tibetan Boy, mixed media on canvas

US Soldier,   mixed media on paper