Series

Bodies of work where a question, a material or a memory is explored across several paintings.

2026

The Language of Gesture

5 works

In this series, color and mark become the language of emotion. Each work captures moments of energy and presence, transforming internal impulses into living strokes that speak for themselves.

Viewers are invited to immerse themselves in the movement of colors and the intensity of the marks, where emotion becomes visible and presence is felt. Each piece becomes a space where color expands, marks come alive, and the painting activates the surface.

Inspired by the freedom of expression and the energy of the stroke, the series invites attentive contemplation, where every mark and color leaves a trace.

2025–2026

That Energy

2 works

“That Energy” captures the invisible: emotions that beat beneath the surface and energies that flow between color, form and stroke. Each work is a suspended instant, a space that is felt as much as it is seen.

The series currently holds two pieces, Those Moments with Them and Whispering Angels, and remains open to growing, always keeping the delicacy, harmony and vibration that define it.

2024

Fragments of Light

4 works

“Fragments of Light” explores light and color through a free and sensory approach. Through open brushstrokes and vibrant compositions, painting becomes a language where perception and emotion take center stage.

Each work combines abstraction and memory, evoking sensations and suggested scenes rather than literal representations. Color moves beyond description to become a field of energy that activates the surface.

Inspired by the freedom to observe light and atmosphere, as the Impressionists did, the series invites an intimate experience: to pause, observe, and allow light to emerge from the painting.

2023

Emergente

14 works

“Emergente” is a tribute to my ancestors and the paths they traveled; an act of gratitude that embraces dreams, losses and secrets, but also achievements, births and moments of light. The series arises from a deep acceptance of those who came before.

The paintings, mostly monochromatic, express themselves through texture and impulse, allowing each stroke to hold memory and emotion. Color becomes a vehicle for feeling, while the painting reveals wounds, challenges, migration, mestizaje and silences, as well as the strength, beauty and life that resides in each story.

It is an act of honor and recognition: a reflection on life, memory, and the profound connection with those who came before us.

2023

Remembering My Land

5 works

A series that abstractly synthesizes a cluster of cacti: pure lines exploring green tones and capturing the essence of these arid landscapes in a minimalist way.

Pink Desert highlights fuchsia, one of Mexico’s most iconic colors, present in crafts, art, food and architecture. The series creates a language where color and abstraction become energy, memory and emotion.

2021

Matérico

19 works

In this series, painting becomes a territory of textures and surfaces, where each layer and relief creates a sensory experience. The material speaks, inviting the viewer to touch with their eyes.

“Matérico” explores the relationship between volume, color and texture, transforming the surface into a visual language. Each stroke and relief becomes a record of movement and memory, a dialogue between the visual and the tactile.

2020

Dots

2 works

“Dots” emerges from the essential. The dot, as the origin of all form, becomes a language of its own: minimal, repetitive, and deeply expressive. Dots are not isolated elements but presences that gather, disperse and interact, creating rhythm, tension and balance.

Beyond technique, it is an exploration of repetition and attention: a nearly meditative process where time is recorded in every mark. The series invites a slower gaze, to come closer and allow the image to reveal itself.

2018

Lines

2 works

“Lines” is an exploration of gesture and emotion. Each stroke vibrates with its own energy, intertwining across the surface like an extended breath, alternating rhythm, color and movement.

The series is where my work with abstraction begins: painting transforms into emotion and emotion into form, a visual dance that invites viewers to feel as much as to see.

Solo exhibition, selected works, 2020–2026

The Language of Gesture

18 works

Gesture emerges as a shared origin, whether through the fluidity of diluted acrylic or the direct force of brush and material. In both cases, painting unfolds from intuition, where control gives way to the unexpected.

The works oscillate between the liquid expansion of stain and the denser presence of physical mark, a dialogue between calm and tension, dissolution and matter, transparency and body.

Color does not illustrate: it breathes. It becomes atmosphere, rhythm, presence. Each piece is a fragment of a broader language in which gesture does not represent, but exists.

2018–2026

Other works

20 works

Works from different moments of my journey: commissions, unique pieces, and works from earlier periods. Each one, whatever its style or technique, shares the singularity and presence that define my pictorial language.

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