Various works by Rory White.
"Xochitl of God". oil on canvas. 60" x 48".
The subject, Xochitl (pronounced "So-chee") Gabriela Maria Casillas y Orozco,
a founding artist-member of the Lamp Art Project,
lives bravely and artistically with a diagnosis of severe, treatment resistant, Schizophrenia.
Her many faces: directly below, Xochitl in 1998 before turning 21 years old.
Further below Xochitl photographed in 2002 on her 25th birthday atop a high
parking structure, off Spring Street and 5th, downtown Los Angeles behind her.
Below, 2007, pencil drawing. also transmuted to archival pigment print on rag paper.
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