Lety Garcia

The reverence I have for the daily scene, the cup of coffee in the morning, the walks we take downtown by the local deli, the long road trips where we notice off the beaten path old neon signs still in existence; these are the images that capture my imagination. When I was a kid riding in the back of my family's station wagon on the freeway, I knew that if we passed a certain Santa Claus image towering up in the night sky that it meant we were going far. And going far usually meant we were on our way to visit my many cousins of similar ages. I believe it is then that the observation of 'markers' in our daily lives and how they inform our feelings about the day's events took a hold of my imagination. I continue to take road trips. I notice what captures my imagination and paint from it as a starting point that takes form on the canvas and only reaches its final destination in the mind of the viewer.