2022
if it feels oppressive — kick against it
brush and ink on panel
9 x 12
2022
Title a reference to the musician ARCA and the painting’s subject was inspired by Amanda St. Jaymes in the documentary Screaming Queens by Susan Stryker, about the riot at Compton’s Cafeteria. “Turk street was our street, and the buildings that were on it, the hotels, that’s where we lived; that was our home… The El Rosa was really like a wayward home for girls. There were so many of us that were there; our families had disowned us… It was a wonderful place. We spent the holidays together there. We became each others family. We held on to each other.”