There's nothing quite as beautiful as the unintentional. For this reason I've attempted through the use of color, reference, placement, and most importantly, line, to capture, if just a fraction, of the naiveté I see in my daily surroundings. My bright colors and dark, brisk lines reflect moods of small children, brush-in-hand, being told to concentrate and stay within the lines, by those well intentioned grade school teachers who encouraged us all to produce masterpieces. Tucked into my own pictures are images associated with childhood: comics, monsters, machines, animals and faces. My interest in the face is evident in each painting, where the primary visages are wild-eyed and gripped with anger, terror, confusion or pain. Either way, the depictions of extreme emotive states delineate my paintings from those of a child. Both the innocent associations of youth and the horror of maturation are bluntly juxtaposed, and seek not so much to find unity in the passage of life, but to expose its division. Childhood memories and my Latin American background helped me search for a primitive expression of the world. Just like Debuffet, Twombly and Appel before me, my pursuit of “Brut” has lead me in both tangible and psychological directions, which I presume will continue indefinitely.
Although I lack a formal education in painting, a degree in design taught me to see shapes, colors, typography and distinct references. Life’s landscape, on the other hand, taught me about Mexican masks and muralism, functional graphics, vandalism, Haitian flags, folk signage, randomness and urbanism, all which find their way into my work. It is through this extensive knowledge of both popular and primitive cultures that helps in the creation of my pictures.

2010 One Man Show - The Tinney Contemporary Gallery/Nashville TN

2010 Group Show- The Tinney Contemporary Gallery/Nashville TN

2009 Group Show- The Tinney Contemporary Gallery/Nashville TN

2008 Viewing in conjunction with "The Art of the Lost Boys of Sudan" - The Tinney Contemporary Gallery/Nashville TN

2007 Profile and Exhibit - Arte Y Vida Chicago/Chicago IL

2007 "Group Exhibit" - The National Museum of Mexican Art/Chicago IL

2007 "One Man Show" - Tag Art Gallery/Nashville TN

2007 "Group Exhibit" - Museu de Estremoz/Portugal

2007 "Textual Mastercopy" - The Caro D'Offay Gallery/Chicago IL

2007 Profile and Exhibit with TRIPLOV/Portugal0

2007 Featured on NPR Public Arts Channel - Nashville TN20077Museude "

2007 "Internal Guidence Systems"/ Tag Art Gallery/Nashville TN

2007 Artist Review - Raw Vision Magazine - London England

2006 "Internal Guidence Systems"/ The Mark Woolley Gallery/Portland OR

2006 Review and Profile - "Animal" European Raw Art Journal - Italy

2005 Group Show - Art Haus/Nashville TN

2005 Artist Interview - ArtQuotes.net - USA

2005 Group Show - In The Gallery/Nashville TN

2004 Gibson Guitar Town public works project / Nashville TN

2004 Group exhibit -"Miniatures" Mark Woolley Gallery / Portland Oragon

2004 Group exhibit - Raw Arts Festival/London England

2004 Upcoming One Man Show - Tinney Art Dealers/Nashville TN

2003 One Man Show - Cannanball Fine Art/San Anselmo CA

2002 One Man Show - TAG Gallery/Nashville TN

2002 One Man Show - Roshambo Gallery/Healdsburg CA

2002 Group Show - La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Los Angeles CA

2000 One Man Show - IN Art Group/Salt Lake City UT

2000 Work Featured in "Breathing Lessons" full length feature film

1999 One Man Show - Independant/Salt Lake City UT

1999 One Man Show - Arts of Utah Gallery/Salt Lake City UT

1998 Gallery Representation - Arts of Utah Gallery/Salt Lake City UT

1998 Work Featured in "Touched by an Angel" Television Program

1998 Permanent Exhibit - Wyndham Hotel/Salt Lake City UT

1998 Gallery Representation - Coda Gallery/Park City UT

1997 One Man Show - Cafe Del Arte/Salt Lake City UT

1996 One Man Show - Tivoli Gallery/Salt Lake City UT

1996 One Man Show - Cafe Del Arte/Salt Lake City UT

1996 Gallery Representation - Tivoli Gallery/Salt Lake City UT

1996 One Man Show - The Gallivan Center/Salt Lake City UT

Featured in numerous Magazine and Newspaper publications