Procession, Chiapas

Original 10 x 8 inch acrylic on paper

Pieces like Procession, Chiapas show how naturally my dad could capture movement without ever overexplaining it. He didn’t outline every figure or chase detail—he found the rhythm of a moment and let the scene build itself through gesture and suggestion.

This one came from his time in Mexico, where the pace of daily life and the energy of the streets made a deep impression on him. He was always drawn to crowds in motion—people turning a corner, gathering, dispersing—and you can feel that here: the heat of the light, the tilt of the buildings, and the sense that something communal is happening even though no single face is defined.

What I love most is how confidently he holds that space between abstraction and representation. He wasn’t trying to record an event; he was trying to catch the feeling of being there. And even now, that feeling hasn’t faded—it still moves.