What captures you at first is the density of information. On each canvas, you are immersed in an imagination that is devouring every detail of the subconscious and attempting to make each painting an entire story of both place and person. It’s as if there won’t be another painting ever made in ode to Los Angeles ever again. It was van Gogh who once wrote, “I dream my painting, and I paint my dream.” In the case of Nehemiah Cisneros, he is painting his dreams and making us see what dreams can be. There is tragedy, romance, and history. A Cisneros painting is Shakespearian, and he is the maximalist director of this play.