36” x 36”. Spray paint, acrylic, paint markers, pens

No Soy De Aquí, Ni Soy De Allá (Original) Entre Líneas y Sombras (AI Variation, Hand‑Painted)

These two paintings tell a single story — my story. “No Soy De Aquí, Ni Soy De Allá” is the way I remember my migration from Honduras to the United States. Every bird, every pattern, every color comes from my lived experience, my cultural memory, and the feeling of existing between two homes. It is the version of my journey that only I can tell.

“Entre Líneas y Sombras” began when I uploaded my original painting into an AI model and asked it to reinterpret it. What came back was familiar but distorted — a fragmented retelling shaped by an algorithm rather than by identity. The birds remained, but their world shifted. The patterns intensified. The meaning bent. It reminded me of how migration stories often get reshaped by others, simplified, misunderstood, or filtered through systems that don’t hold our history.

By painting the AI variation onto a real canvas, I reclaim that distortion. I take a misinterpreted version of my own narrative and bring it back into my hands, turning technological fragmentation into intentional expression.

Together, these works reflect the tension of living between lines and shadows — between truth and translation, between who I am and how my story is seen.