Rafael Lopez Baz

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.

I am a batik artist from Uruguay, currently living in Gran Canaria, Spain.

I choose to paint using wax and dyes, not a conventional or popular medium in artworks. The beauty of this technique is that requires careful planning and visualization of the final work before you even start, as there is no step back once a layer of dye has been applied. It requires lots of patience and time. Also requires trust, as you never really know the result until the very final step, when the wax is removed. Sometimes what it may look as a mistake, ends up being a fantastic effect. And vice versa!

My path in batik painting begun when at 16, I started to work and learn this art with the uruguayan batik artist Andrés Parrilla.Back then, my creations were mostly directed towards handcrafts fairs and focused more on quantity, following the demands of that vibrant market. On the bright side, I also had the fantastic opportunity to create and paint thousands of batiks in a wide variety of styles and themes, and to experiment and explore many different techniques, mediums and dyes, while I ...

self-taught artist.

Upcoming
- La Sala, FEDAC, Gobierno de Gran Canaria, 18 - 30 September 2017.
- Casa de la Cultura, Ayuntamiento de Moya, Gran Canaria. December 2017

Past
- Art Fair Malaga, Málaga, Spain 30 June - 2 July 2017
- Alquemy: Wax, dyes and Soul. Mumbai, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, January 2017
- La Otilia Vine & Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2016