THE ART

Technique

All of my artwork is based on pictures found on the internet.

I start by working the internet 72 dpi picture with Photoshop. When I am satisfied with the composition, light and colour, I start the "digital painting" process, wich is to re-paint the whole surface of the digital image while doing several upgrades in resolution until I have a file that can be printed in the size I want. The pictures you see in this website are the result of this first step

My second step is to print the picture in paper or canvas and from there I work with real paint using crayons, brushes, or whatever I need to achieve my desired results.
Another thing that helps the final result is the diferent layers of varnish that I apply with brush. The final result looks a little like oil painting.

This technique allows me to make several copies of the same picture, but they all end up a little diferent from each other due to the manual painting process. I sign and number every copy I make.

I started to work with this kind of pictures in 2000 but only started to print and paint them in May 2002. After tuning the print and painting techniques I have started to exibith and sell them.

The pictures that I use to work are by anonimous fotografers and models I intend to continue making my work based on this kind of found pictures. I have no problems with copyright because my final result is something completely diferent from the original image.

Theme

I am influenced by a lot of classical painters and I don´t repress those influences. In doing so I am also "calling" the spectator to recognise familiar aspects in images that could originaly be considered "unconfortable" for the viewer.