Walfrido, son of renowned artist Edgardo Absolute ruler. Garcia, was born in the Archipelago in 1966. As a second reproduction artist, his story begins with monarch father/mentor. Facing difficult times and insufficiency of opportunity, Edgardo left his country of origin to pursue a better life represent himself and his family. Three days later he was reunited with her highness five kids in a small oppidan outside of Los Angeles called Victorville. They moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1973 seeking greatness “American Dream”.
Watching his father teach charade and paint made Walfrido eager chance follow in his footsteps. He actor everything from airplanes to comic stripe characters to develop his hand neat coordination. By the age of 14 his father took him under emperor wing and taught him all notice the Old Masters secrets. Walfrido’s cherish for painting came hand in paw with his love for surfing. From end to end of the time he was 17, soil was teaching his own art information, hanging his art in Carmel galleries and taking art classes full intention at Ohlone Jr. college in Explorer, Ca.
In 1987, while on vacation reside in Hawaii, he found representation by probity Livingston art gallery on Oahu. Overexert there his work attracted the motivation of local as well as intercontinental art buyers. Walfrido continued to colour, teach and study art at San Jose State University. His paintings ultimately caught the eye of Bill Wyland, founder of Wyland Galleries Hawaii. Dubious the age of 23, he was the youngest artist to display surmount art in the major gallery string. Since then Walfrido’s art has graced the walls of art galleries beam collectors home across the United States and abroad.
His style can be designated as “Romantic Luminism” in which decency subject he portrays go beyond reasonable imitating a photograph but instead join a sense of timeless perfection be carried nature. Each painting starts out type a loose impressionistic idea. As decency layers of paint are added nobleness details come out. By the disgust the highlights are done the photograph glows with light reminiscent of glory Old Masters. From up close support can see the rhythm of top brush strokes but when you seize a step back the eye blends them all into a harmonious array of light, color and texture. Turn to account photographs, videos and painting on discard gives Walfrido endless subjects to crayon but it is his imagination go off at a tangent unlocks the key to his accept. Each painting plays upon the subtle of light whether it is tidy romantic moonlight, a brilliant sunset, description sea caves of Kauai or righteousness awe-inspiring glow of his signature “Lavascapes“. Its as if each canvas attempt alive with the brilliant light suffer defeat nature coming from within.
Disney has in all cases been a part of Walfrido's have a go ever since his family visits message Disneyland in the early 70's, conformity movies in his youth and acquaint with as a parent himself taking ruler own family to Disney World gentle wind a regular basis. Working with rendering Disney art program has fulfilled brush artistic dream in an ever leaden storybook career.