Occupy LA Painting

My work is influenced by neo-expressionism, postmodern thought and the desire to contribute to a continuity, to add contemporary relevance to something that was once revolutionary without being a copy cat. I have been drawing and painting all my life, but I ended up studying digital art, because at the time (early 2000) I thought it was the most contemporary art form, but my personal perception of media art has changed a lot. So, eventually, after building machines, creating conceptional net art and a digital drawing phase, I ended up following my real passion: painting. To me abstract and expressionist art is timeless, it evokes thought and emotion, it can be reinterpreted every time you look at it and there is a lot of room for storytelling. In my more subject related pieces I explore human relationships: the couples, the strangers, the crowd and the urban anonymity. I mostly work on paper and papered canvas.