About a month ago I went to Paris to meet Flickr friend Kirsty Mitchell, and deliver a painting (120 x 120 cm acrylic on canvas) she had commissioned at the beginning of this year. I thought I’d share the final result here:

I’d also like to showcase another commission from a dear Flickr friend, Pia Liikala, who I also met in person this year. When we met last April, besides the shots of her I took for the painting, we managed to find some time to pose together for this photo.

(Pia I and Pia II. Acrylic on canvas, each one 73 x 60 cm) Click >here< to see other commissioned paintings.

Last but not least, next Friday launches the exhibition “Regards Colombiens sur l’art contemporain” (Contemporary Colombian artists), in which I’m participating with 9 paintings, at Galerie Pictura in Bourges, France :]

* holy beauty :: belleza sagrada :: la beauté sacrée

I’ll be exhibiting in Rennes, starting the 1st October, in the former location of a Polish restaurant, Niebieski Kon (The blue horse). During the entire month, I’ll be showing a series of unedited drawings and paintings (I’ll post a small preview on the blog soon). The owner and chef of the restaurant -who moved to a bigger place just across the street- will delight us with some typical Polish treats on the day of the launching. The title -in Polish- means “Holy Beauty”.

More good news: an article about me has been published in the first issue of international magazine Arte Libertino, which focuses on Latin American arts and culture. I have been invited to participate with my work on the occasion of the magazine’s launching. To read the article (in Spanish) follow this link : Los oscuros ríos del corazón by Felipe Clavijo.

On another note, I’d like to take the opportunity and make public that, after a year and a half of endless postponements and vague answers, I have decided to call off the exhibition in Paris that was due for November 2009 at Door Studios. The lack of seriousness and reliability from the gallery’s team forced me to cancel the -yet hypothetical- event, that was being planned since April 2008. Regretfully, I had accumulated and reserved a considerable amount of work, which led me to turn down some very good exhibition and sales opportunities. I want to make clear that I was always honest and prompt towards the people at Door Studios, and in response I got complete negligence and incapability to deliver on previous agreements, along with several ignored phone calls and messages. In other words, a total lack of professionalism.

Thank you to those in Paris who’ve shown interest in viewing my work live. Although I’m sorry that this time it won’t happen, I’m certain that it will in the near future. I’m eager to show all my new work and willing to seize new opportunities. I’ll continue my research. In the meantime, see you in Rennes!

Last week I had a photo session with a beautiful girl from Rennes, Chloé Collewet. She’s a former drawing student of mine, and she turned out being a wonderful model! The idea was to get more material for the “special portfolio” I’d mentioned, which consists basically of a group of ‘edgy and fashionable’ photos I’m gathering for my agent. -For those who don’t know, fashion is one of my big passions!-. Chloé kindly agreed to pose for me, as well as bring garments of her own, previously chosen by me, to create different ‘looks’. All pictures where taken in my neighborhood; I had a lot of fun doing styling, makeup, etc, for each one of the shoots.

I actually wasn’t planning to show all these images here, but I really like them! Here go some outtakes too:

On another note, I will be exhibiting for the second time in France in the following months. More about this soon!

Here are some recent self-portraits, part of a special portfolio I’m working on. Will share more of these soon, as well as a couple of new paintings. (Click on the images to enlarge!)

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I’ll be exhibiting 5 paintings at a local cultural event, in Carentoir, France.

I’ve been waiting for this for a really long time…I finally graduated from Art School! :D

I got the DNAP (Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques) with honors!

It was a very special day. I didn’t expect things to go so well…so here are some thumbnails to give you an idea of how it went:

Just before hanging my paintings...

Getting ready...

During the presentation...

During the presentation...

Other view

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And for those who don’t know yet, I’m now represented by Julie Séguinier Agency (Paris)!

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