About the Artist
I paint the human figure primarily. I adopt an essential approach to painting, using a handful of brushes, a streamlined palette consisting mostly of primary and secondary colors, and linseed oil as my main medium. My concept is aesthetic; I want the piece of art to be visually interesting above all else. I concern myself with elements that I think are critical to producing a good painting: composition, form, light, color, paint quality, brushwork. I like to describe the subject in a way that is not complicated, preferring a degree of looseness and abstraction over excessively tight, detailed rendering. I work in a spontaneous way, not knowing what specifically 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, 2024 – 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 exhibit