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HERE IS MY COMPLETE ART PORTFOLIO, FROM AGE 10 TO TODAY, FROM THE BEST TO THE WORSE. IT IS A WAY TO KEEP MY WORK IN ORDER. PLEASE STOP BEFORE YOU REACH THE WORSE...IT WILL BE SOON.

Quarantine, soft pastel on Sennelier paper 22x28 inches. Accepted at the 96th Annual Exhibition Hoosier Art Salon 2020. Accepted into Pastel Artists of Oregon, Spirit of Pastel 2020 International Open Exhibition.

Social Isolation, soft pastel on Sennelier paper22x28 inches. Accepted at accepted at Pure Color 4th Annual On Line International Juried Exhibition os Pastel Painters, Pastel Society of North Carolina, 2020 and at Southwest Florida Pastel Society "Valued Strokes" Exhibition 2020.

Very Early in the Morning, soft pstel on Sennelier paper 22x28 inches. 

The Magic Light of the Morning, pastel pencils on Sennelier paper, 24x24 inches. Accepted at Southwest Florida Pastel Society "Valued Strokes" Exhibition 2020.

Please do not Move, pastel Girault on Sennelier paper, 28x24 inches. Accepted at Southwest Florida Pastel Society "Valued Strokes" Exhibition 2020.

Are We Ready to Leave Home?, Soft pastel on sanded paper, 26x22 inches. Accepted at the Hoosier Salon, New harmony Gallery, 2018.

Helping Mom and Dad, pastel on Sennelier paper, 22x24 inches. Accepted at Southwest Florida Pastel Society "Valued Strokes" Exhibition 2020.

Selfie at the Sunglasses, pastel on sanded paper, 24x24 inches. Accepted at the Southeastern Pastel Society 2018 18th International Exhibition for what I received THE MEMBER OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. Presented also at the Degas Pastel Society 20th Membership Exhibition 2017

I am not a little girl anymore, pastel on sanded paper, 18x22" .- It was published in The Artist's Magazine: January/February 2014 where it received THE 3rd PLACE AWARD at the 2013 Annual Art Competition Starts on the Rise. It was accepted at The Ninth Annual Juried Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, 2013. Accepted at the 2nd Annual NC Statewide Juried Pastel Exhibition, 2013. Accepted at The 23rd International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPA) Juried Exhibition, 2013 and the Degas Pastel Society Nineteenth Membership Exhibition 2015.

I Am Not a Little Girl Anymore was published in The Artist's Magazine: January/February 2014.

3rd Place in the 2013 Annual Art Competition Starts on the Rise. 

"Maternity" pastel on sanded paper 22x28.- Accepted at the 10th Annual Juried Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, 2014 and received THE OUTSTANDING PORTRAIT AWARD. Selected for the Degas Pastel Society Fifteenth Biennial National Exhibition 2014. Juried at the Southestern Pastel Society 2015 Members Juried Exhibition and the Peninsula Art League 2015 Open Juried Art Show. Juried by INA at the Indianapolis Art Museum and featured at the Indy's Indiana Bicentennial Exhibitions NUVO June 07, 2016

I am not Alone, Pastel on sanded paper 20x24. Presented at the 85th Annual Juried Exhibition 2017. Indiana Artists Celebrating 100 years 1917-2017

Choices pastel on sanded paper 22x28. Juried into the Annual On-Line Exhibition of the Southeastern Pastel Society 2015, and received THE AWARD OF MERIT at the Degas Pastel Society Nineteenth Membership Exhibition, 2015. Juried at 117th Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Museum.

The Birthday Party, pastel on Sennelier paper 22x28. Accepted at Chicago Pastel Painters Six Biennial National Juried Open Exhibition, 2017 and the 9th Annual North Carolina Pastel Exhibition, on Common Ground 2020, Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea. Accepted at the 88th Annual Juried Exhibition 2020 Indiana Artists Club. 

Family, the joy of life, pastel on sanded paper 22x28. Accepted at the 2017 Members Centenial Exhibition, Indiana Artists

Shall I grow up?, pastel on sanded paper, 20x24".- Accepted at the Southereastern Pastel Society 17th Intenational Juried Exhibition, 2016

Dreaming about Spring, pastel on sanded paper, 22x28'.- Accepted at The Southeastern Juried Pastel Society's 16th International Exhibition, 2014; Shown at the 2015 Membership Exhibition Indiana Artists

I could not and I will not finish this painting. It brought tears to my wife's eyes. "Lets go back home daddy" pastel on sanded paper 20x24

I am a single father, pastel on sanded paper 18x24. Presented at the Southeastern Pastel Society, 2016 Members Showcase

I (am a) PHONE, pastel on board, 20x24.

The Thinker, soft pastel on sanded paper, 24x18 inches

Studio #1 - Still Life, pastel on sanded paper 12x12 inches. Accepted at the Southeastern Pastel Society 2017 Online Members Showcase.

Welcome Home...My Holidays Trompe-l'oeil, pastel on sanded paper, 20x20

"I am wild life TOO...so please let me FREE", pastel on sanded paper, 18x24". Accepted at PURE COLOR 2017, Pastel Society of North Carolina. 

We had a wonderful evening at the library

Many friends come to see our paintings

The love of my live, my wife Marice, also presented her paintings

The Hug, pastel on sanded paper 20x24", 2012. Accepted at the 28th Annual International Juried Exhibit, Northwest Pastel Society, 2014 and the Peninsula Art League 2015 Open Juried Art Show. "The Hug" received the Art-Inspired Story Award at the Peninsula Art League's 13th Annual Show, please see HOME PAGE

At the Poconos mountains, pastel on suede paper 18x22".- Accepted at The First Carteret County Juried Art Show NC, 2013

I am flying, pastel on sanded paper 22x28, 2012

Acadia National Park 35 years ago, pastel on suede paper 22x28".- Accepted at The 27th Annual International Juried Exhibition North West Pastel Society, 2012 

Celebration of Water, from photo by Alan Palkowitz with permission , pastel on suede paper 18x24", 2011

The editor choice - Cover competition ART&BEYOND November/December 2012

What are you thinking? (you or him?), pastel on suede paper, 20x24". Accepted at the Southeastern Pastel Society 2015 Online Exhibition

Julian with his father's hat. Pastel 18x24 inch. 2011

Julian talking with his mother by phone. Pastel 18x24. 2011

Julian running in the fishing pier at Emerald isle beach NC, pastel on sand paper 20x24", 2011

Rodolfo is finally free. Pastel 18x24 inch. 2011

Marice's green eyes straggling with the light. Pastel 24x18 inch. 2011

A happy family, pastel on suede paper, 16x20", 2011

Bridget with a hat. Pastel 18x24 inch. 2011

Studio #1- A 2 minutes sketch from live model, pastel 16x20, 2015 ( in a workshop with Arlon Bayliss)

Studio #2- A 2 minutes sketch from live model, pastel 16x20, 2015 ( in a workshop with Arlon Bayliss)

Studio #3- in a workshop by Arlon Bayliss

Studio #4- A 2 minutes sketch from live model, pastel 16x20, 2015 ( in a workshop with Arlon Bayliss)

Studio #5- in a workshop with Arlon Bayliss

Studio #6- in a workshop with Arlon Bayliss

Studio #7- in a workshop with Prof. Arlon Bayliss

Studio #8- Self-portrait in a workshop with Prof. Arlon Bayliss

Studio # 9.- Confusion. Paper cut in a workshop with Prof Bayliss

"Nautilus" my first 3D using wire in a workshop with Prof Arlon Bayliss

"Nautilus" my third 3D using cardboard in a workshop with Prof Arlon Bayliss

"Nautilus" my second 3D using plant material in a workshop with Prof Arlon Bayliss

Cardboard Chair my final 3D proyecto at Prof Arlon Bayliss' workshop 

Studio #1.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #2 .- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #3.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #4 .- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #5.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #6.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #7.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #8.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #9.- In a workshop with Prof. Frank Hockett

Studio #1.- Our Schools, mixed media on paper 18x24 inches. In a workshop with Prof Tower. Accepted at the Annual Members Exhibition 2020 Indiana Artists Club.

Studio #2.- Our Politicians, mixed media 24x18 inches. Accepted at Chicago Pastel Paintings, Seventh Biennial Member Juried Exhibition, Stroking' VII! 2018.

Studio #3.- We still Have Hope, mixed media, 18x24 on paper. In a workshop with Prof Tower

Studio #4.- Tha cycle of life, pencil on paper 18x24. In a worshop with Prof Tower

Studio #5.- The Library, pencil on paper 18x24. In a workshop with Prof Tower.

Studio #6.- On site 45 minutes sketch of Rembrandt self-portrait 1669, pencil on paper. At IMA with Prof Tower.  

Studio #7.- Live Model, pastel on sanded paper 18x24. In a workshop with Prof Tower. 

Studio 8.- What are you thinking?,pencil on paper 18x24. In a work with Prof Tower

Studio #9.- Pencil on paper in workshop with Prof Tower

Studio #10.- Irisis in the Fall, soft pastel in mixed media, 24x18 inches in a workshop with Prof. Tower.

Studio #1 - A 60 minutes sketch from live model, pastel on sanded paper 24x20, 2015 (in a workshop with Vandra Pentecost)

Studio #2 - A 60 minutes sketch from live model, pastel on sanded paper, 24x20, 2015 (in a worshop by Vandra Pentecost)

Four beautiful butterflies from Emerald Isle NC, pastel on suede paper, 16x20", 2011

Miro and Caro. Pastel 11x14 inch. 2011

Dali and my formula. Pastel 18x24 inch. 2008

Picasso and his Guernica. Pastel 18x24 inch. 2008

NEXT ARE MY PAINTINGS BEFORE I DISCOVERED PASTEL

My trip to Hawaii - Donkeys are also beautiful. Oil 18x24 inch. 2011

Hairy horses from Hawaii, oil on canvas 16x20", 2011

Julia and a bird. Oil 14x18 inch. 2011

Emerald Isle NC - an experiment with color. Oil 24x30 inch. 2011

Friends, Charcoal 18x14, 2010

For a friend of Rafael, charcoal 20x24, 2009

The three oil paintings from the "TREES PERIOD" were Juried in at the Greenville Museum of Art!

The magic five minutes in the morning. Oil 20x24 inch. 2008

Looking for Julian. Oil 24x30. 2008

Only in California. Oil 30x12 inch. 2008

Rafael but I never finished it . Oil, brush and knife 18x24 

One minute live nude. Charcoal 18x24 inch. 2008

Four hours live nude. Oil 18x24 inch. 2008

Live model, charcoal 24x20, 2008

Dali from a photo, charcoal 20x24,2008

Robert Smith a friend and a scholar, charcoal 12x16, 2008

Live model, Charcoal 24x20, 2008

Studio, still life, oil on canvas with knife, 12x16, 2008

Solitude in Colorado. Oil 20x24 inch. 2008

Olivia by Rodolfo and Heather. Oil 18x24 inch. 2008

Heather, the salvation of Rodolfo. Oil 18x24 inch. 2008

Elise with a hat. Oil 20x24 inch. 2008

What were you thinking? Charcoal 16x20, 2002

Marice, first pastel that I never finished, 2002

Rafael, charcoal 14x18, 2002

Marice in her 15. Charcoal 18x24, 2001

My first day en Medical School. Charcoal 18x24 inch. 2001

Gus Watanabe a friend, a mentor and a great physician, charcoal 12x16 , 2001

Maricelina in Africa, Charcoal 24x20, 2001

Rodolfo's High Schools Graduation. Oil 24x20, 2001

2002-2007.- No paintings


2000.- One paintings


Rafael without a hat, oil on canvas 20x24, 1999

1999.- Three paintings


I stoled the Mona Lisa, folded and taped in a canvas. Oil 20x24 inch. 1999

Jesus, oil on cancas with knife, 24x18, 1998

My father and Marina ready for New Year. Oil 20x24 inch. 1988

Marina with a hat. Oil 20x24 inch. 1985

Maricelina with a hat. Oil 20x24 inch. 1985

Marice's green eyes. Oil 20x24 inch. 1985

Happines in Emerald Isle NC. Oil 20x24 inch. 1985

1984 - 1974.- A decade without painting



1973.- Three paintings


Searching for FREEDOM, Oil on Board with knife, 16x20", 1973

Marice when I met her in 1972. Pencil 14x10 inch. 1973

Paintings before 1968



It was on my mother's bedroom in 1968. Pencil 14x10 on paper.1968

Self portrait, oil on canvas with knife, 16x20, 1968

Miguel, oil on canvas with knife, 16x20, 1968

Jesus, oil on canvas 14x18, 1962

Jesus, oil on canvas 14x18, 1962

Jesus, oil on board 12x18, 1962

Paysandu, oil on board, 12x18, 1960

I was 10 years of age. My only surviving painting. Tempera on LEATHER 10x12 inch 1958.

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