PAINTINGS ABOUT INDENTITY

The Person Who Never Was

For a long time, I existed between different worlds. I spent almost ten years immersed in advertising, including my years of study, creating ideas, building concepts and telling stories for brands. I enjoyed what I did, and I was good at it. But somewhere along the way, I realised that being good at something was not enough. I was looking for something that could transcend beyond a brief, a campaign or a deadline.

When I started painting seriously, I also decided that moving was the right choice.

Leaving Chile and beginning a new chapter in Australia was not only a geographical change; it was a personal search. Perhaps because of my upbringing, my experiences, or simply the way I see life, I believe we should leave something of ourselves behind. One day, when my time comes, I will take with me the knowledge, memories and experiences that shaped me. But what I create can remain as a small way of saying thank you.

One of the things I value most is teaching. There is something powerful about watching people discover their own way of creating, expressing themselves and saying thank you in their own language.

I don't believe I have a fixed style yet. I am still building that path, carefully and honestly, in the best way I know how. My work is guided by curiosity and personal taste. I am drawn to cinema, vintage aesthetics, drama and romance. I also find inspiration in sport and bohemian culture—different worlds that may seem opposite, but that coexist inside my own imagination. Since I don't fully belong to any single one of them, I give myself permission to borrow from all of them.

Sometimes, while painting, I experience what athletes call "flow"—that moment when everything disappears and only the action remains. Perhaps some part of the sporting world stayed with me, allowing me to bring that same feeling into my art.

I don't create things that always have a clear answer or a defined purpose. I create because I want to connect. I want to entertain. I want people to feel something, even if they cannot always explain what that feeling is.

For a long time, I felt I was standing in a kind of limbo.

Now it is time to create.