THE ARTIST
Since graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 2001, I have spent much of my time designing different ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS all over the world. Drawing and sketching have always been a part of my life, especially during my years of training and working as an architect. At first painting represented primarily a means of self-discovery and expression for me, but over the years it has become an integral part of who I am.
I am smitten, and at the same time intrigued, by the underlying, yet unspoken and sublime conversation, that a painting can evoke within one’s subconsciousness. The range and possibility between the brush stroke; whether it be simple or complex, coupled with its overall effect, both inspires and challenges me to induce certain sense of the unknown, intimacy, as well as awe. I get immersed into interpreting the subconscious symbolism, especially those exceeding the limitations of simply aesthetic conditions.
AWARDS
2023
Award of Merit – La Quinta Art Celebration
Best of Painting – Brookside Annual Art Fair
2022
3rd Mixed Media – Armonk Outdoor Art Show
2021
Award of Distinction 2D – Naples National Art Show
2020
Winner – The Woodlands Art Bench Competition Mystical Senses
Best of Mixed Media 2D – La Quinta Art Celebration
1st Mixed Media – Coconut Grove Arts Festival
2019
1st Painting – Beaux Arts Festival of the Arts
Award of Distinction – Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
2018
Winner – The Woodlands Art Bench Competition Proud Souls
Winner – The Woodlands Art Bench Competition Unmasked Symbiosis
Best of Show – Brookside Annual Art Fair
Award of Excellence – Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
2017
3rd Painting – Coconut Grove Arts Festival
1st Painting – Beaux Arts Festival of the Arts
2016
Best of Mixed Media 2D – Krasl Art Fair
2015
Best of Show 2D MM – Uptown Art Festival
1st Mixed Media – Beaux Arts Festival of the Arts
2nd Mixed Media – Armonk Outdoor Art Show
2014
1st Painting – Port Clinton Art Festival
Best of Show – Third Ward Art Festival
1st Painting – Lincolnshire Art Festival
Best of Show – Buffalo Grove Art Festival
Award of Merit – Art Fest Naples
3rd Painting – Space Coast Art Festival
Award of Excellence – Osceola Art Festival
2013
4th Best of Show – Bayou City Art Festival
Outstanding Award – Gold Coast Art Festival
Best of Show – Art at the Glen Town Center
1st Painting – Lincolnshire Art Festival
2011
Winner – 2011 ArtParis – Grand Palais [France] – Saatchi Online Gallery
2009
SOLO Award – 2009 ArtExpo New York – Jacob Javits Convention Center – New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS
Spectrum Miami [Miami, FL]
Old Town Art Festival [Chicago, IL]
Des Moines Arts Festival [Des Moines, IA]
La Quinta Art Celebration [Palm Springs, CA]
Saint Louis Art Fair [St. Louis, MO]
Main St. Art Festival [Fort Worth, TX]
Plaza Art Fair [Kansas City, MO]
Winter Park Art Fair [Winter Park, FL]
Coconut Grove Art Festival [Coconut Grove, FL]
Sausalito Art Festival [Sausalito, CA]
Cherry Arts Festival at Stanley [Denver, CO]
Artisphere [Greenville, SC]
Dogwood Art Festival [Atlanta, GA]
Art in the Square [Southlake, TX]
Brookside Annual Art Fair [Kansas City, MO]
Krasl Art Fair [Saint Joseph, MI]
Port Clinton Art Festival [Highland Park, IL]
Art Expo New York [New York, NY]
Armonk Outdoor Art Show [Armonk, NY]
Bayou City Art Festival [Houston, TX]
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair [Ann Arbor, MI]
Bethesda Row Art Festival [Bethesda, MD]
TESTIMONIALS
Gaston, I hope you know how thankful we are to have met you. It’s with so much gratitude not only for your work, but the experience of you! From the moment Tony and I found your booth, to the multiple revisits, the private conversations, the decision we made as a couple, to you visiting our home!!! I called in two sets of neighbors because how could I keep such beautiful art to myself when there is a private art show in my drive. The installation, I will never forget. When this house was built it was waiting for your work, and we found you! So thanks for everything that went into the ‘experience’ we now have in our home. I’m so proud of it, so proud of you, and I’m filled with joy and gratitude. Our kids will grow up soaking in your work, your talents, and I’m sure will inspire them in their childhood. How lucky are they to grow up with such exposure!
“Gaston, Randy just called me. He loves them as much as I do! We definitely prefer the first set for that room. We expected something great, but those truly EXCEEDED those expectations. Can’t wait to see them on our wall. Thank you so much!!”