Johnny Rotten Hawk Boy: 

This character with the head and claws of a Hawk is in a costume of mink tails, exotic feathers and lace of serpents cover his legs. His torso is adorned with silver Milagros and medals, his stomach organs are the inner workings of watches, his burning heart is silver and at his waist he carries a gun, a sword, a switchblade, a shovel and a hammer. He stands within a satin box, embroidered with metallic gold brocade and bronze tassels. All pieces are of archival standard & hand sewn.

Exterior surface of Altar Box:

Decoupage with vintage photographs from Mexico, vintage tarot cards, c. 1940’s deck of playing cards with pin up babes, saints and cures, vintage Mexican stamps, wine and cigarette labels. Decoupage is hand painted with pigments and braised with gold leaf and sealed with archival varnish. The finished boxes are placed within an exterior handmade and hand carved mahogany box that can stand on a surface or be mounted on a wall.

Dimensions: Height 20 inches, Width 11 inches, Depth 6 inches 

"Johnny Rotten Hawk Boy" Altar:
Exterior has been nicely grooved by wood-eating ants. I began working on this collage in a carpenter's workshop in a Puebla Perdita of Mexico City.
This is a physical entity that I created based on my treatment for a script about the vanishing of the black orchid that only blooms at night under a full moon. An essence of the flora and fauna indiginous to the island of Culebra.
While on location in Culebra, configurations of suspended realities revealed themselves to me: A Taino burial ground of infinite depth. I created this character who inhabits this sacred pithy bog. Johnny Rotten Hawk Boy is the leader of a band of rebels that save the island from destruction by creating wind powered energy.