Cuando el Fuego Toca el Agua I & II

Cuando el Fuego Toca el Agua I & II (from Day Before Yesterday) grow out of the remnants of the deinstalled site-specific installation originally created to honor the Indigenous peoples of South Florida. In these works, graphite drawings on wood panels and ceramic tiles carry forward the traces of that earlier piece, transforming them into a meditation on resilience, erasure, and continuity.

The triangular drawing shapes reference Seminole patterns symbolically associated with fire; however, when carefully mirrored, these forms begin to resemble plants reflected on a water-covered landscape, echoing Florida’s “river of grass.” This layered geometry links fire and water, fragility and renewal, grounding the work in both cultural memory and the landscape of the Everglades.

Both works are part of the Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places Collection and are currently installed at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse.