LAST SUPPER Painting

BIOGRAPHY I am a self-taught painter. My passion for drawing emerged in early childhood, and I began working with oil paints at the age of 18. The foundation of my artistic journey lies in the intense, introspective experiences of adolescence. Painting became a way to give voice to the inner chaos—those unraveling intuitions and contradictions that marked that transformative period. Over time, painting evolved into a space where the subconscious could emerge freely, allowing the wildness that often lies buried within us to find form. Between 1998 and 2002, I lived in El Salvador—an experience that profoundly shaped the evolution of my work. Green became the emblem of that period, just as blue had defined my adolescent phase. Each color speaks to a distinct emotional and spiritual landscape within my journey. --- ARTIST STATEMENT Art is a path toward Truth. As such, the artist must be fundamentally concerned with Beauty—for Beauty is how Truth reveals itself. And yes, Beauty DOES have objective standards. Artists do not create Art. Art exists in the perfection of Nature. Art is Beauty: the hidden matrix from which all true beauty arises. In its presence, we are not creators but witnesses—overwhelmed, astonished, pierced. The artist's rare gift is not in control, but in surrender: the ability to descend into folly and roam freely within it. It is only in that realm—irrational, subconscious, raw—that one can draw, without fully understanding, from the source of Beauty itself. What we call “art” is the luminous, original language through which the artist translates their personal sense of Beauty—a fragile but essential act of communion with something greater than themselves. “Our language interposes itself between learning and the truth like a dusty glass, a deforming mirror. The language of Eden was a clear window, through which the light of full comprehension flowed.” George Steiner, "After Babel" “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” John Keats --- Would you like this formatted for a portfolio, website, or exhibition catalog?