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Roberto Ugalde is an adept oil painter who expresses the essence of his subjects in a way that draws the viewer into the painting. He masters the use of oils in an impressionistic manner which breathes life into his landscapes and figures. Roberto Ugalde was born in Queretaro, Mexico.

He loved to draw and paint since he was a boy. His love for art guided him to study at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes INBA in Queretaro Mexico. He was classically trained in old masters technique.

Roberto Ugalde excels in his use of oil in an impressionistic manner.  The paint is mostly applied with a palette knife using brilliant and heavy paint strokes.  This new direction finds him experimenting with liquid industrial oil paint dropped on a horizontal board. He then mixes the color and the shapes of his subjects in order to move from impressionistic landscapes to abstract landscapes.

Roberto's art breaks up stale preconceptions and banality. His paintings explode like the Big Bang, some from the center out, some in dense grids of trees. He opens inner or outer dimensions previously unexplored before creating a piece of his work.

Ugalde keeps you in the forest, staring at the stars, snow, bark, leaves, or mere suggestions of natural forms which allows you to explore deconstructed familiarities with an edge of excitement. 

He paints abstract to keep himself fresh and his emotions flowing!

Upon completion of his studies, he worked as an art illustrator for a calendar company.