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My career as an artist spans more that three decades. I was born in Northern Spain, I studied Fine Art at the University Complutense of Madrid and the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Parsons School in New York and printmaking at the Robert Blackburn printmaking workshop and at The Arts Students League. I have lived in New York for the past 33 years. Nine years ago I moved to Beacon, NY to open an art gallery on Main Street where I create my work and sell my art. My work has been recognized and exhibited in both Europe and the United States. I have exhibited extensively in the New York area, including: The Cervantes Institute, Manhattan, The Heckscher Museum, Greenwich Arts Center, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Merrill Lynch and Merrill Lynch Hispanic Heritage at the World Financial Center, the National Association of Women Artists, the Brooklyn Arts Council, The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya to mention a few. In 2017 I had a 30 year career retrospective at the Cervantes Institute in New York City, which was very well received. Most notably, my paintings are included in the collections of the Pinacoteca Museum of Art, in Langreo, Spain, and La Nacional Cultural Center in Manhattan. I have an established group of collectors in Mexico, Spain, England, and The United States. In addition, I have exhibited in many public libraries, community arts councils, and educational facilities. My work has also been reviewed on many occasions, most notably, The Kosmos Journal, Co-Creating the New Civilization, Lago and The Exodus Paintings by Nancy Roof, NY ,the Fine Art America “Etchings and Solar Plates Today”, the ART-TALK Magazine “The Exodus Paintings” , El Comercio, Asturias en New York by L. Villacorta, The Hudson Valley Press, by Jennifer Warren, the New York Catalogue review by W. Zimmer, contributing critic for The New York Times, The Rivertowns Enterprise by Judith Doolin Spikes ,the New York “Newsday” from Jonathan Fine, the “Art Speak” by Claude Le Sue ,the “Manhattan Arts” Artists in the 90”s by Marylyn Becker, The Noticias del Mundo, by David Boltano . I am primarily a painter, improvisation with varied materials has become essential to my process, and I continually explore unusual mediums to create new effects. I am also actively involved in the production of etchings, collages, and sculptures. Primitive symbols, archetypal images and organic forms inhabit and inform much of the work.