When I first started creating art, everything happened on canvas.
Paint, texture, mistakes, layers. The process was physical.
Every mark was permanent and every piece carried the traces of its creation.
At the time, I believed the medium was an essential part of the work.
Then my life changed.
After moving to Mexico, I no longer had a studio or the space to work with canvases
and paint. If I wanted to continue creating art, I had to find another way.
Digital painting wasn’t a carefully planned artistic decision. At first, it was simply a practical solution.
I had to start over with a different set of tools and learn to work in a completely different way.
Over time, something unexpected happened.
Digital creation opened up new possibilities. I could experiment, combine textures, photographs
and abstract elements in ways that gradually felt closer to the ideas I wanted to express.
The tools were different, but the questions behind my work remained the same.
Who are we beneath expectations?
What happens when we stop looking outside ourselves for answers?
How do we remember what has always been there?
The search stayed the same. The tools changed.
Today, my work is still rooted in the same intention: to create visual reminders.
Reminders that clarity, trust, strength and direction are not always things we need to
acquire from the outside.
Sometimes, we need to pause long enough to recognize what is already within us.
Looking back, I can see that a change I hadn’t chosen became a new way of working.
Perhaps that is what growth sometimes looks like.
Not always choosing change ourselves.
But discovering what becomes possible when life asks us to find another way.
Art studio, 2018
Art studio, working analog
starting working digital, 2025