My work takes its inspiration from flowers, animals and people that only exist in my own mind.

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At times the figures I draw are the sum of collected details and features from various people put together to make a new “persona.”

I take photographs of things that impress me in order to later draw them using soft pastels, colored pencils, watercolors, acrylic and drawing pencils.

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A part of my current collection of works was inspired by the poetry of author Susan Lynn Zenker of El Paso, Texas. I collaborated with on her first volume entitled Moody Gardens: A Collection of Travel Poems. Fifteen drawings and paintings of mine appear in this book, nine of which I designed specifically to combine with certain poems and emphasize the mood and feel of them.

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I later collaborated with her the same way on her second volume entitled Desert Winds: A Collection of Poems about El Paso, soon to be released. It contains fourteen drawings, seven of which I created new to reflect the scenery of the Southwest as well as the feel of her work.

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I also participated with El Paso author Lisa Archer on her book entitled Life Sampler, Volume Two by creating four drawings she commissioned.

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I like to experiment, without knowing the end result, letting ideas come to me as I am working. I see what is working and run with it.  I get excited in the moment, so many ideas come to me that I lose track of time.

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I hope the end result of my art work will be to conserve my Mexican heritage. I also wish to be a role model to my family and friends, demonstrating that whatever you set out to do, you can do it. Be proud of where you come from and who you are.