Initially, I wanted to dedicate this post to my old dear friend: The Night. However, quite soon after I began writing, I found myself describing the influence of astral projection (out of body experience) and lucid dreams, on my work.I love the night because it is more relaxed. I love to paint at night because …
What an amazing human phenomenon carnivals are. People who have nothing in common gather to celebrate, and together they form the shape, movement, rhythm, and character of each carnival. Carnivals tend to be joyful, vibrant, colorful, loud, and crazy.The Carnival is a repeatable theme in my work, as in: El Canaval del Pueblo and Two consecutive carnival dreams. Since …
I have always been emotionally attached to my art supply scrap and leftovers, which I never have the heart to throw away. I usually hoard them and later on, I utilize them in creating a variety of mixed media works. As Caminante, I found a treasure of plywood panels, which seemed the perfect substrate for …
People who live according to their society rules, gladly walk the road which was paved for them, however, individuals who don’t fit into this structure, need to make their own path.I chose a Spanish phrase as the title of this post, because I don’t like any of its English translations. “Walker, there is no road, …
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Sometimes, I am so calm. My problems and worries fly away to another planet, and I’m left alone to dream. My head seems empty, I feel good and happy, but even then, whether my eyes are open or closed, I see something. It might be colors, feelings, or thoughts, and it might just be the …
When I paint an abstract, I am not inventing the wheel. I merely connect to my subconscious and my hand paints what it sees or feels. The documentation of this process with oil on canvas is my work.In this work, after toning the canvas with an acrylic layer, I dribbled on it with oil pastels. …
A tropical evening, one out of so many, just before the sunset. My girlfriend and I are playing in the reef, in the warm water of the ocean. This intimate turquoise pool is surrounded by massive tropical vegetation, and we are waiting for that perfect moment, when the colors of the nature around us seem …