Inspirations
Painting, for me, is not just a way of seeing—it's a way of remembering, feeling, and understanding. There are artists who have shaped me not only through their mastery of color or form, but through what they awakened in me: a near-urgent need to create something honest and true.
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele was one of the first to move me. His raw, unfiltered way of depicting the human body always struck me as fearless. When I learned he had died at only 28—leaving behind such a fierce and vivid legacy—it hit me that art doesn’t have to wait. It can be urgent, it can burn through you.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
From David Alfaro Siqueiros, I take strength. His tireless energy and his belief that muralism carried social and political responsibility expanded my view of what painting could be. His experimental, almost physical approach to technique reminded me that a brushstroke is also a movement—sometimes, a full-body act.
David Alfaro Siqueiros (El Coronelazo) Lecumberri, México, D.F., 1960. Archivo fotográfico Héctor y María García. Licencia bajo CC BY-SA 3.0
Claude Monet
Claude Monet led me down another path. He taught me to look at light as if it were alive. I later learned that the garden in Giverny where he painted wasn’t just a setting—it was something he had designed himself, as though the world around him had to be composed like a canvas. That deep sensitivity stayed with me.
Antonio García Villarán
And more recently, I've found an unexpected connection with the ideas of Antonio García Villarán. His defense of artistic honesty, his critique of pretension in the art world, and his openness to free creation remind me that we don’t need to hide behind obscure concepts. What is born from within already has meaning—and power.
Antonio García Villarán en 2011. Licencia bajo CC BY-SA 4.0
I don’t replicate these artists. I listen to them. And through the echo of their work, I keep discovering my own way.
