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| Along with talented fellow Belizean artists, I've three work showing at the Museum of Belize in Belize City now. The exhibition rans from October to mid November 2017. |
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| Plaster cast bust Cisneros 43 x 24 x 49 cm |
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| Oil on canvas Gradmom Jeanine 45 x 53 cm |
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| Oil on canvas Green Sea 60 x 80 cm |
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| Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35 cm This is my third pet portrait that I work with pictures. For specifically only working with pictures, I suffer enormously because I can't feel life itself. I usually work directly with my subjects, for example, models, still life, flowers and landscapes. Idealy, I have to feel my subjects while I'm working with them. I still remember at the first year of the art school where I attened, they once asked us to copy a black and white picture of a glass of a drink with a cube of ice in it. The purpose was to practice the value of these colors. Then as far as I remembered, in order to study sea and cloud, I did a series of copies of the paintings from Baroque era old master years ago. To me, learning from great masters is a great way to improve. I'm not against working with pictures. I have artist friends who work exclusively only with pictures and the result is quite pleasant. But I'm not a big fan who loves to work with them. There's time I almost quit. But guess, once I set a goal, I should execute it properly no matter what. |
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| Work un progress Oil based clay bust Zamil (Click the pic to get a clear image) At the end of our session today, I asked my model to sit back to his chair because I wanted to take a picture of him with the bust. When I lifted up my head, I saw this...." a man in white with a pair of dark sun glasses". 😲Immediately, he made me think about the movie, " The man in Black". Oh.... I couldn't stop laughing!!! 😂 It was a good treat after almost four hours of hard working. I should've asked Zamil " chin down" again while taking his picture. They are the most used words during my sessions with my models!!! And, for a very long time, I believe Zamil will not forget about these words even after we finished the bust. And..... I told him that the reason why this bust takes so long its because the shape of his head changes everyday!!! So much work. There are times i almost lost my patience. Thank you, Zamil for hanging on for this bust. 😊 |
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| More than a month ago, i brought my dog, Fluffy to visit the veterinarian. Well, the vet who's also my friend asked me that it'd been nice if i could do pet portraits by commission. After two weeks, I've my flyers out. And I just shipped my first commissioned painting " Buddy" to my client. My client received the painting and told me that she's totally in love with it. Guess I'll keep painting pets. Please let me if you're interested |
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| Oil on canvas. 46.5 x 20 Fluffy |
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| Oil on canvas. 22 x 27 cm Buddy |
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| Life size. Oil based clay Third bust Zamil In progress |
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| Second plaster cast bust Cisneros |
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| First plaster cast bust Maria |
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| Blue Hole Oil on canvas 22 x 27 cm A friend of mine who owns a turist company, " Belize Concierge" sends me on a trip of " Blue Hole Cessna Air Charter " from Belize City. I take pictures of our beautiful sea from above the sky. So beautiful, almost takes my breathe away!!! This oil painting and the following water colors are inspired by this gorgeous sea. I work with the pictures I took from this trip. |
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| Series of Emerald Seashore Water color on paper 13.5 x 19.3 cm |
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| Along with fellow belizean artists, I have three works showing at the Museum of Belize. The exhibition starts from this Monday and lasts for a month. ( a blaster cast bust Cisneros, an oilportrait Grandmom Janine and a seascape Green Sea. |
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| Bust Zamil in progress ( click the pic to get a clear image) I usually complete a life size clay bust in four to six weeks and add at least one more week for molding and casting. Now, I've been working on this clay bust for almost seven weeks and it's not even close to finish. I think it'll need two more weeks. I've set a goal that I'll have seven plaster cast busts by the end of November. Now, probably I'll have to extent the deadline to December. I think one of the reasons why I'm taking longer is because my recent model is taller and his shoulder is four centimeters wider than my previous model. |
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| Oil based clay bust 52 x 49 x 23 cm |
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| Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35 cm "Haulover river in the afternoon"! Yes, this will be the name of this plein air painting. With my two dear friends, we went to Haulover River fishing this afternoon. Of course, I brought my plein air equipment. The scenery was beautiful. There were hundreds, thousands of green colors intersecting with sky blue. And, the tiny sparkles from the water surface and the sky holes were dancing with the hot moist air. Yes, it was hot but greatfully, there were breezes. I felt like i was painting in heaven. I hope I didn't exaggerate too much because i was painting while drinking a cool nice beer. It certainty was a wonderful experience. |
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| Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35cm Lately, I've been working with my models in my studio. I do miss the smell of oil paint, thinner, and the open air of outdoor painting. With that in my mind, I went to a poetry gathering with my plein air equipment tonight. It took me about one and half an hours to have this oil sketch done. All I needed to do was to breathe and focus. I miss plein air painting and can't wait to go back to its routine once I've completed six busts by the end of this year. |
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| I took this photo at the end of event. You can see people tiding up the place. Great night with wonderful friends!! |
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| Oil based clay bust Zamil The reason why I wanted to have my model's eyes opened especially for this bust is because I saw a piercing gaze that I dont usually see from the people I work with. With flickers in his eyes, they stared into the distance. To me, those eyes seemed contemplating into their own thoughts and time freezed. But, later, I began to notice there's a pair of soft warm eyes surfacing from my model's face. I would describ the two different gazes with colors such as light blue and light orange. The mood of tempture of my model has changed. Very interesting. There are two more weeks to go with this bust. I can't wait to see when it's completed. |
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| Oil based clay bust Musa(front) and Zamil(back) For some reasons, I decided to sculpt them at the same time. I work with Zamil for almost four hours in each morning session and then Musa about three hours in the afternoon. It has been almost two weeks that i work two sessions per day. I thought I could do it effortlessly but the truth is that I'm physically and pschycologically challenged especially in the afternoon session. Yes, my body's tired. My model teases me that I'm turturing myself by working so hard. I'm not sure whether I should laugh at myself or cry. There are moments i almost quit but guess I'm a stubborn person and i don't surrender that easily. It's the second week now. There are two more weeks to go. I'm not quite sure yet but hopfully i can finish them by the end of this month. |
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| Oil based clay bust This morning is the third session of my head statue Zamil. While listening to my music, my model Zamil explains how he prepares his Cuban food for his family and friends. I can see that he has a great passion for cooking. I really appreciate the time and effort my models put into being part of my work. |
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| (Click the pic to get a clear image) My third and forth clay statute are in progress at the same time from this week. I can't wait to have them both completed at the end of this month. |
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| Oil based clay head statue Today is the forth session of my third head statue. There are at least sixteen more sessions to go. At the end of this session, I finally begin to feel its shape for the very first time and that makes me very happy. I usually pay very attention to my model's personal expression while I'm working on it. Everyone's unique. Some look sad, some look troubled. Some feel nervouse and some feel at ease. Guess that's the reason why I'm not able to work with photos. The resemblance is only the base. The most important is its state of mind that I'm looking for and I don't think I can figure it out from the pictures. |
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| Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35 cm I'm supposed to work on my third head bust in the morning but my model's busy so instead I'm working at my yard painting flowers. Lately, statue's sessions have become irregular and i have to extend the deadline. It isn't easy to find a model who's free, committed and consistant especially when I can only offer little. Sometimes, I ask myself that why can't I work with photos. I won't need to depend on my models' presents if I do. I know there are people only working with photos or have them as references. I would like to save my time and money by working with pictures but this method somehow doesn't suit me. I need to feel my subjects I work with. |
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| Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35 cm Garden flowers 2 |
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| Oil on canvas. 46.5 x 35 cm Garden flowers 3 |
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| (Click the pic to get a clear image) Metal wire Headless figure 33 x 14 x 10 cm |
