Curriculum

He moved to Lugo in 1971, where he has been living since then. He showed his interest for painting when he was still a child. When he was nine he attended Drawing classes at the Technical School in Segovia. When he was fourteen he learnt to sculpt and worked with welding. One year later, he discovered watercolour and the painters Untorbe, Heredero and Román. When he was eighteen he worked with bronze, metal and aluminium for the architects and painters Vaquero Palacios and Vaquero Turcios. In 1969, he was selected in Segovia (painters under twenty-one) and presented his paintings to the National Contest in Malaga. In 1973, he celebrated his first individual exhibition in Lugo. In 1974, the County Council of a Coruña gave him a grant. In 1975, he attended the classes of the sculptor Rodrigo Porral and met López Guntín. From 1975, onwards he painted in oils, watercolour and made sculptures, carrying out exhibitions all around Galicia and Castille. From 1980 to 1990, he devoted himself to watercolour and from that moment onwards he used mixed techniques. In 1995 he attended the classes of the engraver Pablo Sáez and one year later he took up wood again (painting and engraving) and oil. From 2000 to 2001, he used etching, photogravure, watercolour, mixed techniques and oil.