SF-based painter and performance artist, Ana Teresa Fern\u00e1ndez, donned her superhero costume \u2013 black cocktail dress and stilettos \u2013 and painted part of the US-Mexico border to look like the sky.<\/p>\n
“In Mexico we say, ‘It\u2019s better to say you are sorry than to ask for permission,'” she told InTheMake<\/a>. While she was painting the border, helicopters flew overhead and police arrived, sirens blaring. She was sure they’d whisk her away, but they didn’t. She was able to talk her way out of trouble and actually finish her project.<\/p>\n Some thought she was of odd \u2013 some have described her as ‘wacky’ \u2013 but a lot found her brilliant. But everyone started to have a conversation \u2013 and that as exactly her intention.<\/p>\n \u201cMy work aims to transcend the given,\u201d says the painter and performance artist. In her mind, deep reflection makes room for new growth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n