What is the most rewarding part of the creative process?

Seeing how an idea is born from scratch. The process is what I enjoy most, more than seeing them finished. For example, sometimes a small change in color will change the attitude of everything that you have done, and I like that, never knowing what the final plan is and being surprised along the way.



You have focused on mental disorders, inner demons and other psychological states in your work. What has inspired that focus on the mind and brain?

I think that painting is my therapy and, as a result, I show what I am feeling in my work. I do not do any mental exercises or anything like that. When I am drawing and painting is when I have time to think about me and what I want to do in the future. Unintentionally, I think that is reflected in the work.



Does believing you have something to say and something that people should see mean attaining a certain level of confidence? How do you see the relationship between the ego and the artist?

The ego is something to be respected. I think that, in the end, we are all humans and we are all equal, but we all have different capacities. The ego sometimes can help and support an idea, but it can also sink if you don’t know how to handle it. I don’t like to speak a lot about the ego in my work.



Are there specific things you want to communicate in your work, or do you prefer it when people come up with their own interpretations?

What I like to know is that it makes them think, for them to wonder as to why or how I did it, because it’s always fun when they tell you about their own interpretations. Sometimes it surprises me how each one of them reads what I do. I think that’s what I look for; that for a moment, they forget what they have on their minds and wonder.