"Seeing
as how Los Angeles had just witnessed the largest demonstrations
in its history, when up to 2 million immigrants took to the
streets of downtown L.A. on May 1st to rally for immigrant's
rights; I decided a painting of an immigrant worker would be
an appropriate creation for the At Work exhibit.
My
painting depicts a women participating in a labor rally. The
action itself is left ambiguous, it could be anything from a
striking union’s picket line to a march expressing unity with
worker’s demands. However, one thing is made clear by my painting,
the new face of labor in California is female and non-white,
and this reality has infused the modern-day labor movement with
new energy and leadership."