I am a Latin American artist from Costa Rica. I started drawing when I was 5 years old because my father gave me some small notebooks to keep me occupied while my mom was in the hospital. However, it wasn’t until I was 16 that I bought tattoo magazines to try to create some designs. That was the moment when I discovered my ability to draw and found it came easily to me. After that, I began learning more and started painting with oils. I also took art classes. At some point while studying Chemical Engineering and Philosophy, I decided that I wanted and needed to follow an artistic path. So, I changed my career direction and enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in CR. After a few years, I specialised in Painting and Printmaking.
I appreciate painting for its broad range of technical options. There’s a variety of choices, including watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, oils, and more. It lets you focus on detail, texture, and color all at once. As an artist, I relish the challenge of continuous learning and improvement that this medium offers. Painting also allows me to work at my own pace. I can be in a creative flow for an entire day or pause and resume a piece later. The capacity to blend colors and textures drew me to this medium, which allows me to mix realism and abstraction to capture emotions, stories, and ideas in a tangible visual form—it’s a language of its own.