Rafael is a lifelong artist. His father was a renown New York illustrator. He’s been focusing on watercolor painting since the mid 1980s. He received several California Art Council grants when the agency was first formed. Rafael is also a self-taught digital artist and early practitioner of Photoshop. He’s been art director and designer for many notable high tech companies. He conducts art classes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
StatementI consider myself to be a creative evangelist. Painting is my salvation. I believe art can and does save lives. Watercolors interest me because of the convenience, quick-drying, and speedy decision making which helps to improve my skills. I enjoy painting ordinary objects in decay and bringing them to life. I fully embrace intuition along with technical prowess. This help enable my visual expressions to reveal sublime moments of clairvoyance.
