While in Cuba his palette did not reflect the brilliant, intense colors of his native land; but in Chicago he began to incorporate in his art the tropical hues of his Caribbean homeland.
Seine Palette spiegelte in Kuba nicht die leuchtenden, intensiven Farben seines Heimatlandes wider, in Chicago jedoch fing er an, in seiner Kunst die tropischen Farben seines karibischen Vaterlandes darzustellen.