In 12 years of painting, 7 of them full time, I’ve reached a moderate degree of success. I am happy and grateful to be able to live solely from sales of artwork. I am able to support my family and love where I live. And yet my prices are still extremely low compared with the…
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I have recently moved to the country with my family and as a result was subjected to pretty slow internet speeds. This prompted me to look over all of my photos of my artwork, organize them, optimize them for web, and upload them online. So, apart from new work (mexican landscapes, mostly) the site now…
Continue Reading →Artists are known to lead volatile lives, some through drugs and alcohol, others through explosive relationships, others yet through recklessness – financial or otherwise. All this is because the artist, to be satisfied with his or her output, needs to feel something and express those feelings. Otherwise, even if technically brilliant and maybe even beautiful…
Continue Reading →I have just received the confirmation that my painting, “Amistad” will be featured on the cover of Grammy Award nominated composer Michael Hoppe, to be released by late 2017/early 2018. This is indeed very exciting. Originally the painting was intended for Michael’s personal collection (he already has 5 of my works) but we have decided…
Continue Reading →Today, for my birthday, my paintings are arriving from the museum in Durango. We also had a very successful opening at a central bank in San Miguel de Allende and later in my studio. These are a few of the recently sold works:
Continue Reading →In the beginning of November, I went on vacation. Flying into to the Huatulco airport, I first spent a week with family, which culminated in me teaching my 2.5 year old niece to paint. She’s very talented in music and art and has been painting pretty much daily. In Huatulco and the surrounding area, I…
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First of all I apologize for not keeping my blog as updated as I should. The last few weeks I have been very busy – painting another Toller Cranston for the Michael Hoppe concert dedicated to him… And I had to make an introductory speech, as well as help with sound and video recording of…
Continue Reading →OK I know I am very behind on blog posts. Please accept my apologies. It’s just that I wanted to post an in-depth update of my European trip, before moving on to other things. However, I’ll have to do that Europe post later, because there is just too much to say. The main news I…
Continue Reading →The late Canadian skating icon, Toller Cranston, was the best friend I had in Mexico. We met at the end of 2011, when I visited his gallery in San Miguel de Allende for the first time. Just then, Toller was putting on an exhibition for a younger artist whom he had taken under his…
Continue Reading →Since returning from Europe, I have been busy with preparing for multiple shows, such as the Bordello Gallery show, the Central Library, and the Mi Patio Restaurant. There has not been as much time to paint as I would prefer, but I am working on a very significant new painting that I’m very happy with.…
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