About the Artist
All my life I have been interested in depicting what I see or recall. Born and raised in San Antonio, I started doodling with ballpoint, felt-tipped, and gel pens when I was about two years old. I received my BFA in fine arts in 2002 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. I focus my eye on the human figure, using an essential approach to painting. I grab a handful of brushes (or maybe just one or two) and use a streamlined palette consisting of a handful of colors from which I can achieve a vast range of tones. My concept is purely aesthetic; I want the piece of art to be visually interesting (beautiful, hopefully) above all else. I concern myself with elements that – to me – are critical to producing a good painting: composition, form, light, color, paint quality, brushwork. I prefer describing my subjects in a way that is not overly complicated, rendering with accurate draftsmanship but without superfluous detail. I paint in a spontaneous fashion, driven by a very basic visual idea but not knowing specifically what the end result will be. Responding to what happens on the canvas with each decision that I make, reflecting moment by moment, keeps me present in the painting experience and gives me the greatest possible enrichment.
Exhibitions
2001, 2002 – University of Texas at San Antonio annual exhibition participant
2004 – “Where Did They Come From?” solo exhibition at Bismarck Studios, San Antonio
2005, 2006 – San Antonio’s “Arts & Eats” participant, San Antonio
2006 – “Blue Star 21” exhibition participant at Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio
2008 – “72” exhibition participant at AnArte Gallery, San Antonio
2006, 2014-2021, 2023-2025 – Say Si “Small Scale” exhibition participant, San Antonio
2008, 2020, 2021, 2023 – San Antonio Art League & Museum Annual Juried Artists Exhibition (Stephanie Trede Oil Painting Award 2023 – “Maria”)
2023 – “Homage to the Human Figure” exhibition at the Blue Star Arts Collective, San Antonio
2023 – Coppini Academy of Fine Arts Annual Fall Exhibition participant, San Antonio
2024 – Blue Star Upstairs Studios featured artist
2024 – solo exhibition at Casa Arte del Sol, San Antonio
2024 – “Figures and Faces” exhibition at the Blue Star Arts Collective
2025 – participant in UNAM San Antonio’s Contemporary Art Month exhibition
2025 – Blue Star Upstairs Studios featured artist
2025 – exhibition at Casa Arte del Sol, San Antonio
2025 – Coppini Academy of Fine Arts Annual Fall Exhibition participant
2026 – exhibition at the Blue Star Arts Collective
2026 – “Painted Ladies” solo exhibition, AnArte Gallery