I'm back to sculpting. I'm taking a ceramics class and I've been making little things to experiments like the head above. I've made a lot of mistakes; it's a very unpredictable medium and the...

Spring

Snack Time

Masuko & Rachel

Reading Paintings

Our one-night show last Friday Reading Paintings was quite a success, thanks for everyone who showed up! Being friends with talented and hard working people is truly the best :') I could't find the...

one night only

this Friday, april 26, and only this Friday I will be part of a group show in Dumbo with my absolute favorite people in New York. Please come by if you are around it's gonna be amazing i promise.

Plants

I'm so excited to be in Buy Some Damn Art starting today. BSDA is an online gallery founded by Kate Singleton that launches a new show every week. The show runs for 6 weeks and I have 6 original...

Ill. Naked Party

A piece for Illustration Naked Party, a blog where friends draw nudes. There's a different theme every week. This week it's "trapped" .

Casual Men

I draw a lot of ladies but drawing men is really fun too. This drawing above was done quickly in my sketchbook, it' really tiny and the pose made me laugh. Below is a pouch I sew just for fun. I...

Tabloide

Tabloide is an illustration magazine in the form of a poster (an edition of 50 prints). Here's issue I, printed with the help of Macolen, a risograph machine who has its own business card.

Pink Sweater

I did this painting in december, but I wasn't satisfied with the result. I like it cropped like this though, because I enjoy that remarkable sweater.

sadder girls

The second issue of Sad Girls is here. I had the pleasure to illustrate the cover and the contributors pages. You can buy your copy here, only $6 !

repeat

My library of patterns has been slowly growing, much has to do with my recent involvement at the Textile Arts Center where I'm working on some projects. Just thinking about creating seamless...

single fare

My piece for the Single Fare 3 show opening February 13th,Acrylic on top of a metrocard. After i finished it, I decided to make a repeat pattern using the same idea:

Trimmings

Gouache and Ink. Details:

Be our friend

I made a GIF with Masuko! we also decided to create a space for our occasional collaborations, please follow us at Masuko & Rachel.

Joie de Vivre

occasional relapse into puberty.

Plate

I painted a ceramic plate! Breakfast is so much more fun now.

NYT

I have a piece in today's letters section of the New York Times. Art Direction: Alexandra Zsigmond

Dog Person

Sol

A piece commissioned by someone who wanted to give his friends a gift for christmas. They have a baby named Sol, which means sun in spanish. I hope you had a good holiday.

American Illustration 31

I'm in this year's American Illustration anthology.The design of the book is incredible, the cover was made by Zachary Zezima. I guess you could argue, that I'm not American and this isn't strictly...

a veces me sobran ojos sobre tu cuerpo

It's getting cold

El Pelo Crece

Googly Eyes

A set of drawings with my favorite collaborator Masuko Jo! I had all these googly eyes I bought at a dollar store, so we decided to use them in every drawing. Masuko is by far the funniest person I...

Never Nude

Here are some drawings I made while attending Josh Cochran's "Never Nude" live-drawing workshop last Saturday. It was nice drawing from a model again. With "Sandy"and all, it feels like that was...

Angels

An ink drawing in my sketchbook. It's based on a detail of the Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck. There's big beautiful book of Netherlandish painting back home that I can't stop looking...

Patterns

I've been playing around with patterns this summer, and having them printed on fabric. I made a pillow case out of the orchid pattern which is inspired by the flowers I saw in the San Francisco...

new zine

I made a new zine a few weeks ago. Just because it's been so long since the last one. Every drawing is of something I've come across and that has caught my attention in some way. Instead of selling...

Sad Girl

I contributed to the Sad Girls zine. It features work from some very cool (and gloomy) ladies. You can buy a copy here. Below is a self-portrait for the contributor's page. I can't say I didn't...