This series is inspired on the Color of the sky of Colombia. It is also an exploration of oil painting applied by layers using Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Hue, Ivory Black, Titanium White and Ultramarine blue.
During the first lockdown the city stopped all activities. Across my studio window I could see the changes on a construction crane, even one of its lights broke down and was off until the construction sector was open again. Serie Vigilia, 2020-2021
My purpose is to make compositions where I combine direct observation and photography with line and watercolor. These flowers are part of the territory and it gives the name to the series. Flores Endémicas (Endemic Flowers) 2018 – 2019
Antes is a series of five (5) small oil paintings of a living room in different time lapses. Antes is the Spanish word for before. This series was started in 2005 and finished in 2019.
This is a series of drawings with graphite, Chinese ink, pen, watercolor and colored pencils of Colombian athletes who through their Concentration and Persistence achieved their goals.
The technique of the pieces makes reference to this qualities needed also in the discipline of drawing.
Zauberberg are big acrylic paintings that started as a colour experiment with contrast based on Johannes Itten’s Colour Theory and the traditional themes of art (still life, landscape, and human figure). Acrylic on canvas, 2015-2016
Expanding on the human figure I continued with the moments of concentration observed in children. This are small drawings on paper.
Reflection on Painting and Photography, 2005
Oil on canvas
This painting was part of a reflection on painting and photography.
Early Works
Looking for Luck, 2003
Conventions and stickers on a map of Bogota
This installation was a reflection on the migration of people out of the country and others coming to the city.