I am a collector of the weirdest things, I like to collect coins and bills from different countries, a habit inherited from my grandfather. I also like to collect printed cards like tarot although I do not read them or even know what they mean. I even like the idea that because I don't know the true meaning I can give them whatever meaning I want. This makes me want to make a painting around them giving them my own meaning, interpreting them to something that has happened to me or the future I would like to have. I also collect little crosses and buttons and keys and other trinkets like that because I think they can be used to make art, although some may think the real reason is that in my past life I used to be a magpie, (you know, those birds that steal anything shiny to put in their nests). And you should see what my "nest" (also known as "painting studio") looks like... full of little things inside boxes waiting to be used in art, to be combined with paint, to be given a new format and a new story.
I also used to be an architect and in a way I still am. I am making new tiny worlds in canvas, paper and wood.
Solo Exhibits
2007
July-September Exhibit at Cafe Mia, North Carolina, USA
2006
September-December Exhibit at "Cafe Mia" North Carolina, USA
2004
“Conversations” Arts Club of Washington , DC , USA
Group Exhibits
2006
" Primer Encuentro de Pintores de America” Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
2005
“The Art of Mexico ” Kreeger Gallery, North Potomac , MD , USA
2004
“ Holiday Exhibition” Gallery Neptune , Bethesda , MD , USA
“Literary Icons of our Childhood” Gallery Neptune , Bethesda , MD , USA
2003
“6 TH Juried Annual Show” Touchstone Gallery. Washington , DC , USA
2002
“Art by Architects” HNTB Architecture Group, Washington , DC , USA