Frank Rivera relates his paintings to the secretive practice of journal writing, where “people, places, and things warp under scrutiny, fulfilling the writer’s very human need to re-invent the world.” Rivera populates his paintings with such images as gesturing hands, mechanical birds, puppets, chairs and household appliances linked to particular events in his life. Like […]

Frank Rivera relates his paintings to the secretive practice of journal writing, where “people, places, and things warp under scrutiny, fulfilling the writer’s very human need to re-invent the world.” Rivera populates his paintings with such images as gesturing hands, mechanical birds, puppets, chairs and household appliances linked to particular events in his life. Like […]