An artist is, above all, someone who shares their vision of reality and is involved in their community. Here are two paintings that represent my reality within the El Salvadorian community of Montreal. These paintings were created to commemorate the history of the arrival of refugee families from El Salvador in Canada in the 1980s. Canada, and Quebec in particular, welcomed families affected by a civil war that lasted from 1980 to 1992.

3,000,000 forced immigrants and over 175,000 dead and missing.

I am donating these paintings to the Dona Maria restaurant to thank them for having accompanied us during our lives as young Montrealers of Quebec and Salvadoran descent; this is a
proof of my involvement in my community.