Friends at
El Jardín
referred to McCann Erickson Advertising to do
illustration work for L’Oreal de Paris. moment I picked up a brush and put my mark
on the canvas I was hooked.
My work is representational art, and I paint the
streets and people I see around me. I studied
with Donna Dickson for 5 years, so the influence
of her style
as well as Tom Dickson›s is evident. I also took
classes at Belles Artes when I first arrived in
San Miguel, which was representational art as
well, taught by Carmen Jimenez. Thus began
my love affair with oil paint. From the first The expression of feeling comes through in the
work, no matter the material. There are times
when the work simply flows, and there are
others one struggles with. There are wonderful
days where you actually get lost in the work and
forget everything but your creation: you’re in
a “zone”. Color, light and shadow also play a
huge role in the creative process. Whatever the
emotion is while you are working, it will come