By: Jos Sances

Medium: 8 color Screenprint
Year: 2023
Image Size: 32 × 16 inches
Edition of 18

Pangas Launch from Punta Lobos by Jos Sances is a vivid contemporary woodcut that captures the tension between traditional labor and modern encroachment. Fishermen in bright yellow slickers push their pangas into the surf at dawn, the sea rendered in intricate cross-hatching beneath a rose-lavender sky. In the distance, the pristine coastline gives way to looming high-rises under construction — a commentary on environmental change and cultural resilience along Mexico’s Baja peninsula. The meticulous detail and layered narrative reflect Sances’s characteristic blend of social observation, technical mastery, and human empathy.