Artist´s Statement

I paint because I cannot imagine a life without painting. For me, my work is a basic need for expression and a way of understanding people and the universe. 

I always approach my creative process openly. I feel out sensations or themes that catch my attention and I reinterpret them.  Looking back I feel that there is a clear evolution in my work, in terms of the themes and forms of expression, but there is also a common element that defines my pieces, creating a continuous strand of expression. 

The soul is my main point of exploration, it’s essential to me that my work express feeling. 

I’m often drawn to emotions like joy, conflict, vindication, strength, solidarity and tenderness, but always in a human context using irony and contrasts.  My main fascination is perhaps being able to bring ancient myths to the here and now, with an emotive element reinforced by a perspective that flows into a rainbow of color.

The pre-Hispanic representation of death brought into the present with a viewpoint full of life, pieces that deal with themes like the fight against cancer, the kidnapping of women, the murders in Ayotzinapa.  Reinterpreted Mesoamerican gods and Mayan mythology that come from an oral tradition that doesn’t have any pictorial representation. 

I began to teach myself to paint because I felt the need to extract the images I had in my head and depict them. Often the piece takes the lead during the creative process, and a lot of the time the end result varies from the initial idea, but it’s much richer if I listen to the work, it’s as if it has a life of its own. 

In my creative process I generally have an image in my head that arises from my experiences; I like to observe people, their expressions, their daily lives, how they interact or react.

Ancient civilizations are where I find my main references. I enjoy going to museums or ruins and collecting details that catch my eye in a sketchbook. I turn to that sketchbook for reference when I want to capture a piece.

All of this creates a world of images in my head that articulates itself as a feeling that moves me. Finally, my search for references takes me to nature, books, films or the internet.  I select music that most resembles those emotions and I define the color palette. In that moment the music, the colors, the blank canvas and I are ready to set out on the path that will vary according to the work that is guiding me. That harmony and fusion of feelings between the ancient and the modern is my eternal search for expression.

When a piece is completed I hope for a reaction from the viewer, whether they like it or not; the worst thing would be indifference, and the best that they reinterpret it through their own experiences and feelings and make it their own.