I recently visited CSULB Max L. Gatov art gallery. for an art show by Narsiso Martinez. Narsisos was born in Oaxaca mexico and came to California when he was 19 yrs old and is currently living here in long beach. Narsiso's art mainly consist of  drawings and paintings that uses a variety of media including charcoal, pencils, ink washes and oil paints on recycled cardboard boxes collected from grocery stores. all of Narsiso's work  and pieces mainly consist of his personal experiences in field labor and in the agricultural industry  Narsiso's art work shines a light at today's back braking work in the agricultural industry and how the work is overlooked and unappreciated. Narsiso commented that back then "portraits were usually only for rich people or those of wealth" and I wondered what if a poor farm worker can be in a portraits" and that how Narsiso got the idea of making portraits of poor farm workers. This piece of a young girl shown here is a high school graduate. This specific piece i thought stood out from most of his previous work. Narsiso mentioned in some cultures only males were able to go to school and college and the females were usually the ones that stayed at home with kids or in the kitchen. this young girl is a real person who started working in the fields since she was old enough to carry a bucket. and the meaning behind this this piece that Narsiso created was to cause awareness of the infinity possibilities of staying in school and too encourage parents and kids to go to college and give hope to those who are starting from the bottom that nothings impossible.