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Marin Stories:
Carlos Pillado
Carlos Pillado | Mill Valley
I was born in Salto, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 30, 1964.
I lived in this small town for 18 years until I moved to Buenos Aires City to comply
with mandatory military service. After 14 months of being in the Air Force, I stayed
in Buenos Aires and enrolled in the University of El Salvador to pursue a degree in
Political Science. I graduated in 1989 and moved to Mexico.
In 2003, after experiencing personal and family changes I started painting.
I went to the garage of my house and spent several days there working on my first
painting: “Emotions in motion”, a vast moving ocean with an intense blue sky.
My foundation as a person was no longer intact and I was in motion. Something
was moving and had a life of its own inside me. I decided to pay attention to this
call. Through the years, many paintings have materialized and I am still in that
motion.
I do not have a background in Art, never attended an art class or have much
knowledge about art. I just like painting. There is no effort involved in this
experience and no pressure of any kind to do it. It just happens to be that way.
I call my experience “soul painting.” All of a sudden an intense desire to manifest
myself and the world in which I live takes over, becoming the minimum requirement
of my existence, it’s only purpose and only hope.”
COMMUNITY MEDIA
CENTER OF MARIN