I was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Art came to me when I was around 7 years of age. I remember playing with clay for long hours at a ceramic studio in my old town.

I came to America in 1947 at age 11 when my family moved to Anaheim, California. I attended Fremont High School in Anaheim where I took classes in art and carpentry.

Two years later I returned to Mexico to go to school there. I remember entering a contest between 45 schools in Guadalajara and was awarded "first place."

At first I started my studies as a dental technician. I found it easy because of my talents at molding, sculpting and painting.

I paint guided by my passion and admiration of female beauty. I paint women and I paint guitars, because, to me, whoever invented the guitar was inspired by the beauty and the form of a woman. The scale of vivid tones and colors in my paintings are like a bouquet of flowers. I like to think that my pieces are very sensual, because to me there is sensuality in art.