The Opera
I mix my fascination for music with my fondness for caricature to create a contrast between the reality and the imaginary because, although we’re all different in age, ethnicity, gender and appearance, we form a unit and share a common heritage. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
Baby food
An almost minimalistic take on a simple subject, from one of my subjects; indicative the future direction of some of my work, no looking back, just placing the brush with confidence. Oil. For sale.
Papa
Night-time Cayambe
I am tireless in painting the Andes. This is another in a series of several paintings of Cayambe. Sold.
Farmland near Riobamba
My first landscape from an early visit to Ecuador, photographed while on the train to Riobamba. It wasn’t easy for me to get back to oils, but once I did, I took to it like a llama does to spitting. So to speak.
Pink Clouds
On the way to Riobamba. Here, composition is everything. Sold. In a private collection in Bogota, Colombia.
The Green Table
I don’t know why painting a still life is so time-honored. But here was my best try at the time, with Ecuadorian fruit.
The Reader
One of my favorites. I love the idea of this man, who must constantly live to make a profit, nourishing his soul as well.
Quito
In a private collection.
The Parade
The papaya
Surrealism, 2006.
The Sisters
This is when the baby extended her hand, telling me about her family and the greeting that follows.
The historic Old Town with the Basilica
I put every house where it belonged. Sold.
Chess War
Syria? Ukraine? Race relations? Tribal conflicts? Change is a prayer away. Sold. In a private collection in Maryland, U.S.A.
How it used to be
Volcano Chimborazo. From a photograph taken by my father around 1955. Adobe homes and dirt roads.
Game Time
Another stab at surrealism with the favorite pastime of Ecuador. 2009.
The Explorer
The mountains of the Andes. 2006.
Inner Healing
The missing piece after a life of tragedy. An allegory. 2007.
12 men and the Messiah
The turning point in history, from a more natural perspective. 2007.
Cayambe with stars
I love making something as different as this, the looseness and the vibrancy of the colors.
Salvation
For there is no other name by which we may be saved, other than Jesus Christ. 2007.
Cloudless
Of course, I never get tired of painting Cayambe. 2007.