Dudes — Alive (Red) 1/2

Hand-pulled silkscreen, Mars Red ink on cotton rag paper, 15" x 22", Edition 1/2. Signed — Rene Juan de la Cruz

This is a pivotal moment in the collection, and in the mission. These aren't just prints. They are the physical proof that the two sides of the practice can merge. The hand-drawn dude, distilled into vector precision, then returned to the human hand through the silkscreen press. Three stages. Three languages. One being.

Alive in red is the loudest version of this being. Two faces in one body, the upper face with eyes looking directly out, the lower face grinning with full teeth, embedded in the body with its own eyes fully present. Both conscious. Both alive. An orbit energized around the midsection. Both arms raised with circle-tipped fingers transmitting upward, not in surrender but in pure joyful signal. Aerodynamic legs mid-stride, feet with fingers as circles, going somewhere with full intention. And in the lower left, a large watching eye integrated into the leg form, aware of everything the forward motion leaves behind.

Mars Red on white cotton rag gives this being its most urgent voice. Bold, warm, unapologetic. Every mark lands with the weight of a hand that has been drawing these beings for decades and a press that made them permanent.

This is 1 of 2 pulls. Each unique. Each unrepeatable. Once gone, gone for good.