Carlos Nieves

Creativity has always shaped my life. 24 hours a day have never been enough to finish all my projects. Projects that keep piling-up. Im addicted to discovery, I rather put my self to work than having a teacher.

Drawing and painting are the constants thought so many jobs and commissions that I have had in my life. In a contexts not too favorable for the arts in my home town Morelia, devoted my self to the production of art was always a dream. The bills came in “first”.

I started 2013 convinced that i have to reduce my carbon footprint. Little by little this became a nonfunctional obsession :(

By mid 2018 I stop using resins and solvents in my paintings instead I started to experiment with water base colors. The next five months were full of frustrations and despair trying to develop a technique more than being preoccupied for the composition nor the narrative of the pieces. On July 2018 i finally had my eureka jump !!

180 paintings and a whole year later i’m finally devoted 24/7 to my art.