My inclination for making art has been present since my early childhood in the Dominican Republic. Every period in my life so far has been shaped by my relationship with art—primarily drawing at first, but eventually expanding into other mediums. It wasn’t until around 2013 that I reached a turning point in my life, when I began a path of personal growth that included a commitment to dedicate more of my time to developing my technical ability as a painter. I essentially set myself on a journey to close the gap between how I visualized a creative idea and the physical manifestation of those ideas.

My work is inevitably influenced, whether consciously or unconsciously, by a 20+ year career in the field of graphic design. The time I spent constantly playing with color and visual compositions developed in me the ability to find comfort in experimentation. My creative toolbox also includes over five years of experience as a professional mural painter in the advertising industry. This relatively new profession has also influenced my studio practice by allowing me to discover a new relationship to larger-scale subjects, exploration of textures, and even color palettes that I had not previously experimented with on a canvas.

The flame of my creative curiosity is still shining very bright in me, which is why my artistic style will never be set in stone as “one thing.” Creativity is many things, and I am happy to freely explore and let my practice be guided by the light, not my ego.