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Dame de Bruxelles *M20260110 Mixed media / Canvas 120 X 80 cm (47 X 31 In) 2026 Hypothetical Icons :  Drawings from a Parallel Studio Emerging as a deliberate intermission from the main abstract series, this paintings turns toward the immediacy and restraint of figure drawing. Working with colored pencil and graphite over flat color planes, the artist constructs hypothetical icons positioned between authentic memory and fiction. The imagery draws from an eclectic visual archive—old magazines, digital finds, and personal photographs—chosen for their inherent vulnerability and human quality. Rather than focusing on conventional likeness or surface aesthetics, the portraits represent friends, mentors, and local community members with whom the artist shares genuine relationships, conversations, and history. By remixing art historical motifs with pop culture and personal iconography, the graphic, minimalist medium reflects an unburdening of studio routine. Ultimately, the series op...

My Top 4 Records I’m making this post to answer a “coffee question” from my dad: What are my four favorite albums? Or rather, the most challenging ones I’ve come across. So I decided to treat this exercise somewhat formally, simply for the pleasure of doing it well. First of all, I should say that I’m NOT a record collector; more than a music lover I’m an audiophile—and in that sense, a bit of a “hoarder.” I’ve never counted them (and I don’t intend to), but I’ll share a photo of what I have. They’re not many, really, but they make up the soundtrack of my life. I’ll start with the four albums I would take with me to a desert island: 1.- Abbey Road . Formally, it’s the last studio album recorded by  the Beatles , since Let It Be was “shelved” amid various complications and released more as an epilogue.  I own several editions, and my favorite is the 2019 remastered version. I should add that the first time I went to London, my very first activity in the morning was to go a...

Caribbean (Vinyl #1042020175121) Diameter: 121 cms Mixed media / canvas . SOLD In these times of quarantine, very human needs shine: eating, talking with family and friends, and also experiencing art. Suddenly, we find that music becomes essential to carry us through the day. We observe actors reciting the words of screenwriters in our favorite series, our preferred writers sharing a space in our recliner with the view of some art hanging on the wall, and then we realize our place in the universe. In another part of the world, a collector was scrolling through her social networks and stumbled upon the online gallery where she sells art. A painting of mine caught her attention, and this is typically the circuit through which I sell my work. However, there was a detail this time. You should know that the way I paint involves layers, layers that cover the previous ones but not entirely. They allow the first ones to be visible, and just as in life itself, it is the mixture of ...

It's been a while since I had forgotten about this, but I definitely take pleasure in keeping a journal so that it remains lost in the digital future—my thoughts and the trail continue to be tracked, at least as long as technology exists to read these things. After 2015, I spend my days working for Knotion, a company that produces educational content in digital format. Just last month, Eduardo Perez Arroyo conducted a very nice interview with me for the digital magazine e-knotion , where I talked a bit about my past. I'm copying it into this blog. Thank you Lalo Perez , Thank Knotion. Eduardo Perez Arroyo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-p%C3%A9rez-arroyo-79781757/ ::::: René Serrano : The Art of Turning Life into Art Historias Genius December 2018 Self Portrait Tournai, BE 2001 "If a man knew how many years he has left in life, he would surely make better use of them." Seneca , On the Shortness of Life.   "He rejected a future as a business adminis...