When I sit down in front of a blank canvas, I always think first of words, of story. The opposite happens when I sit down at my desk to write: invariably images crowd my mind before I can put a sentence together. Art and story always seem to go hand in hand. My task as artist is therefore not unlike that of the storyteller. In my paintings I seek to offer a glimpse of a moment in the life of a particular character, be it a person, an animal, or some fantastical creature.  I would like the viewer to reflect on the story of these characters, to ask where they come from, what they will be doing next, and in what ways their journeys mirror that of the viewer. 

I draw inspiration from many sources: ancient myths from the pre-hispanic cultures of Latin America, tales from the Middle East, Spanish poetry, but also the surprise of the lizard that for the briefest of moments mistakes my knee for a comfortable rock in the sun, or a friend's child who points at an airplane in the sky and shouts: "Look, a fish!"