Cadeaux D'Art Show

Five3 Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

December 5th - 31st, 2019

Unique Opportunity to Share My Passion

Located on the California coast of beautiful Laguna, Five3 Gallery put together a panel of 20 artists from all backgrounds with over 60 art pieces to welcome all art lovers throughout the month of December 2019.

Towards the tail-end of Autumn 2019, I was contacted by the Five3 Gallery about an opportunity to be one of those artists and feature two of my pieces in their month-long gallery exhibition, The Cadeux D’Art Show.

While I was already overcome with excitement on this unique opportunity, I was even more ecstatic of the fact that the Five3 Gallery is located so close to much of my family and friends that reside down in Southern California.

Call it a perfect cocktail of opportunities, but I knew this was something I had to witness for myself, with friends and family in my company and made the arrangements to get down for opening night on December 5th, 2019.

A moment in time that I will always cherish.

Special thanks to:

Alberto Ruiz & my life-long work family at Urban Print & Motion in New York City for supplying the amazing high quality prints of my photographs
Brigette Hernandez and the rest of the Five3 Gallery team for arranging everything

Scroll below to see the two photos I chose, as well as some images and a video recap (made by Five3) from opening night.

Featured Work: Showcasing the Contrast of Perspectives I’ve Experienced

Photograph #1 - Captured June 2017 // Joshua Tree National Park, CA

Amidst a life-changing road trip and photography expedition that started in Oregon and took me through California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, I experienced the wonders of Joshua Tree National Park. The martian-like red dirt, endless sunsets, and scorching heat that seemed to always hit the moment the sun rose were all memorable... However, what I remember the most from this time at Joshua Tree was the pristine view of the stars in the night sky and the vividness of the Milky Way to the naked eye (pictured here), all in contrast to this weird tree, plant, cactus thing…

Photograph #2 - Captured March 2018 // New York, NY

On late winter’s evening, while walking through Midtown Manhattan, my gaze was quickly fixated by the view that lay directly in front of me. The top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza (or “30 Rock,” as it’s often known) was covered in a blanket of fog and presented an eerie and haunting perspective of the skyscraper…