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Painting · Surface
Imagined cities, towers, weathered facades. Heavy texture in dialogue with old frescoes and time-worn stone.
gatoxliebre
Commissions
gatoxliebre
Commissions
Visual artist · Monterrey, Mexico
Painting, drawing, portrait.
Work built in layers, scraped and remade —
surfaces that feel unearthed rather than made.
Statement
My practice is one of accumulation and erasure. Paint, scrape back, paint again. I let the studio do its slow work. Faces emerge from what was a wall. Cities form out of stains. Birds land when I've stopped looking for them.
There's discipline behind it — classical drawing, observation, a lot of torn paper. But the final word belongs to the painting. I just keep up.
I work from Monterrey, in northern Mexico — a city of concrete, hard sun, and walls that wear their history out loud. That weather is in the work.
Series
Imagined cities, towers, weathered facades. Heavy texture in dialogue with old frescoes and time-worn stone.
Ducks, birds, dogs, creatures. Animals as subjects with their own gravity — never decoration. Some drink wine. All of them look back.
The craft at its most direct. Charcoal, graphite, pastel. Commissioned portraits and studies from life.
Work
Studio
The studio is in Monterrey, Mexico — a northern industrial city of concrete, hard sun, and walls that wear their history out loud. I work in oil, mixed media, charcoal, and pastel. Most pieces happen across long sessions: paint, wait, return.
Commissions
I work on portraits, scenes, and commissioned pieces when the project, timeline, and terms align. It's not cheap work, and it's not fast — each piece goes through the same slow craft as any other in my practice. The result is built to last.
If you have something in mind, write to me: tell me what you'd like, the format you imagine, and the timeframe you have. We talk, we see if it fits, and we agree on price and timing before any work starts.
Sample images of commissioned work. All pieces are protected by copyright. Reproduction, copy, or commercial use is not permitted.
International shipping is insured and packed flat or rolled in tubes — never with the frame, which travels poorly. Customs duties at destination are the buyer's responsibility; I'll always state the declared value before shipping.
Contact
Write directly. I answer personally.