Laid Back
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper
19" x 27", framed 28" x 36"

ANTONIO PENA from Cuba

He wanted to get away from Castro and Cuba. He came to the U.S. nineteen years ago.

He seemed to have a humorous, laid back approach to life. His circumstances didn't matter much as long as he wasn't in Cuba.

So I painted Antonio in this relaxed position, looking over his shoulder between a plywood boarded-up door and a brick wall.