About Me
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela . I have been living in Barbados since 1998 .
My Grandfather, Hugo Matthes, who was a self-taught artist, inspired and encouraged me to paint when I was a child.
Although I have been painting all my life I have never been consistent until 2009.
That is when I begun what I call my "reencuentro" or "reencounter" with art.
I am fascinated by people and their daily life, I am always searching for images of ordinary life everywhere, this is what inspires me the most.
Portraits and animals are two of my favorite subjects.
I love painting in oil but most of the time I start my painting in acrylic to speed up the process.
My style is Impressionism. I love to paint on big canvas, using the spatula, with big strokes and loads of paint. My other interests are Photography and Carpentry.
I am a dental technician, Iown dental lab, it is a small lab but keeps me busy 10 hours a day. Time is something that I treasure, I try to find moments in between managing my lab, my home, my son's activities, to do my art. I would like, someday, to become a full time artist.
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web” -- Picasso.
My Grandfather, Hugo Matthes, who was a self-taught artist, inspired and encouraged me to paint when I was a child.
Although I have been painting all my life I have never been consistent until 2009.
That is when I begun what I call my "reencuentro" or "reencounter" with art.
I am fascinated by people and their daily life, I am always searching for images of ordinary life everywhere, this is what inspires me the most.
Portraits and animals are two of my favorite subjects.
I love painting in oil but most of the time I start my painting in acrylic to speed up the process.
My style is Impressionism. I love to paint on big canvas, using the spatula, with big strokes and loads of paint. My other interests are Photography and Carpentry.
I am a dental technician, Iown dental lab, it is a small lab but keeps me busy 10 hours a day. Time is something that I treasure, I try to find moments in between managing my lab, my home, my son's activities, to do my art. I would like, someday, to become a full time artist.
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web” -- Picasso.