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In Jugo de China, monkeys and oranges meet inside an imagined Florida landscape, with the oranges held in blue-and-white china. The painting brings together several kinds of arrival: the monkeys that inhabit parts of Florida, the decorative monkeys associated with Palm Beach interiors, and a porcelain pattern shared across many cultures. The title comes from a story I remember learning while working flights to Puerto Rico, about oranges arriving in crates marked “jugo de China.” The scene folds these histories together into a Florida that feels both familiar and dreamlike—a place assembled from influences carried across borders and generations.
60” x 48”
oil on canvas
2026
In Jugo de China, monkeys and oranges meet inside an imagined Florida landscape, with the oranges held in blue-and-white china. The painting brings together several kinds of arrival: the monkeys that inhabit parts of Florida, the decorative monkeys associated with Palm Beach interiors, and a porcelain pattern shared across many cultures. The title comes from a story I remember learning while working flights to Puerto Rico, about oranges arriving in crates marked “jugo de China.” The scene folds these histories together into a Florida that feels both familiar and dreamlike—a place assembled from influences carried across borders and generations.
60” x 48”
oil on canvas
2026