As we may know, Robert Franklin Stroud (1890-1963, U.S.) was a convicted criminal with significant contrasts in his lifetime. These contradictions prompted me to create his portrait, in which I tried to capture the tumultuous events of his tragic life. — *Robert Stroud, “The Birdman of Alcatraz”*
*Digital Art*
*6,614 x 10,422 px, 300 dpi*
*2021*
*Collection: The Relentless*
*Original Digital Art*
*Art Shop*
*Art Blog*

As we may know, Robert Franklin Stroud (1890-1963, US), alias “The Birdman of Alcatraz”, was a convicted criminal. He served his time in the fearsome prison, Alcatraz. He was a singular man, with great contrats. These dicothomies prompted me to make this work. Tragedy marked his life. — *Robert Stroud, “The Birdman of Alcatraz” 2*
*Digital Painting*
*2021*
*Collection: The Relentless*

I based this artwork on a screenshot from a true crime documentary. What provoked me to make up this work was the forceful presence of the character, his demeanor and strange deformity. — *Study of an Unknown Inmate 8*
*Oil, crayon on paper*
*48.3 x 61 x 0.1 cm*
*2021*
*Collection: The Relentless*
*Original Painting*
*Art Shop*
*Art Post*

My interests as an artist include the exploration of eccentric topics, such as this artwork which is based on an US inmate’s mugshot, Walter Turpin (1877-?). In this work, I wanted to portray his turbulent life. — *Head Study 28*
*Oil on paper*
*24 x 32 x 0.1 cm*
*2018*
*Collection: Portraits*
*Post*

I based this artwork on a caption picture taken from a true crime video documentary. This with respect for the implicated people in the case. — *Crime Scene 5*
*Digital Painting*
*2020*
*Collection: The Relentless*
*Video & Post*

Inmate #12
Digital Art
12,024 x 9,622 px, 300 dpi
2021
Collection: The Relentless
Digital Art
Art Shop
Art Post & Video

The turbulent life of the character and his tragic gesture were the elements that provoked me to make up this artwork — *Study of an Inmate. Clarence V. Carnes*
*Digital Painting*
*2021*
*Collection: The Relentless*

I based the work on a true crime documentary where the character had homicidal impulses. As in other artworks, the painting circumscribes, in a close-up format, the deformed face of the inmate. I do the latter to exalt his emotional disturbance. — *Head Study 35*
*Oil on paper*
*28 x 33 x 0.1 cm*
*2017*
*Collection: The Relentless*
*Post*

Drama is a topic in my art imagination. I created the collection “The Relentless”, where, besides painting criminals, I also include the manhunters, who are the professionals who pursue these outlaws. I think they too, are relentless. So, those who fight “monsters” are also part of this collection. I believe their work causes to them profound harm. They become as injured as those they pursue, only different. — *The Persecutor 3*
*Digital Painting*
*45 x 26.7 x 0.1 cm*
*2021*
*Series: The Relentless*

The artwork portraits a turbulent inmate with a long crime history. One topic that calls my interest as an artist is the drama I read on the faces in mugshots. In this case, the fierceful gesture of the character provoked me to make up the two-pieces artwork in a unit. By doing so, I search to create a “speech”, a certain interaction between both works. My work is not an apology to crime. It’s my interpretation of a phenomenon. To see more images of the artwork head over to https://www.instagram.com/p/CQfgMfuH6Rm/ — *Inmate No. 7*
*Artwork: Oil, acrylic on canvas, Size: 31.5 (W) x 23.6 (H) x 0.1 in*
*Sculpture (head): Plasticine, plaster, cement, acrylic paint, Size: 4.7 (W) x 9.8 (H) x 9.8 (Depth), 8.8 pounds*
*2021*
*Collection:The Relentless. A Thousand Crimes*
*More images*

Inmate #8
Digital Painting
2021
Collection: The Relentless

One topic that calls my interest as an artist is the drama you see in the faces of the people in mugshots. I stop to reflex upon their lives and motivations that made them take their choices that affected their lives and the lives of the others that crossed their paths with. This mugshot called my attention because of the tragic expression of the man. — *Study of an Unknown Inmate 5*
*Ink on paper*
*24 x 32 x 0.1 cm*
*2019*
*Collection: “The Relentless”*

Title: Study Head 4 Media: Oil and ink on paper Size: 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Year: 2018 — *Study of an Anonymous Inmate 35*
*Ink on paper*
*24 x 32 x 0.1 cm*
*2005*
*Collection:The Relentless*

I based this work on true crime mug shots and a clay bust I made for this purpose. — *Inmate #35074*
*Ink on paper*
*10.1 x 20.3 x 0.1 cm*
*2022*
*Collection: The Relentless*
*Original Drawing*
*Art Shop*
*Art Post*

I based this work on the historical forensic ID of the dreadful and dangerous criminal, Josef Mengele. What provoked me to make up the work were the forceful images made by the forensic team involved in the investigation. My work isn’t an apology for crime, it’s just my interpretation of a phenomenon. — *Facial Reconstruction of a Criminal 5*
*Acrylic on canvas*
*80 x 60 x 1.5 cm*
*2022*
*Collection:The Relentless*
*Intervened prints*

The Relentless

Welcome to my Art and True Crime series, The Relentless.

As a creator, one thing that calls my attention is the man and its precarious conditions. So, mental sickness, pathological behaviour, forensics… are some topics I explore in this series. I picture people that have social malfunctions and disorders which drive them to commit crime. The tragedy of their lives and the paths in which they have crossed in the lives of others are the impulsive elements that compel me to create this series.

I dedicate my work to the victims of the perpetrators I work on and to the multidisciplinary law enforcement team that pursues these offenders. I included in this collection the "manhunters" because I think they too are relentless. Those who fight "monsters" are also part of this collection because if they "gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss gazes back on them." (1) I believe the law enforcement team's work causes to them profound harm. They become as injured (sometimes, with post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD) as those they pursue, only different.

My work in this collection isn't an apology for crime, it's my interpretation of the criminal phenomenon.

1 The above quote is a freedom I have allowed myself to use in this context. It's from Friedrich Nietzsche, as we may know. It's also used by Robert Ressler (1937-2013, US), an FBI agent that coined the term "serial killer" during the 1970s.

My Art Initial Resources & Art Techniques

As an artist, some of the resources I have in hand to create a piece are the public domain official mug shots done by the US police department, which are the front and profile views of these men.

The tools I use are clay sculpting, silicone, plaster and cement (to make the casting), oil painting, charcoal, acrylics, digital painting, coloured pencils, ink, paper or canvas, etc.

An interesting work using mixed mediums is one I recently created, Inmate No. 7, where I portray my interpretation of an inmate in two different mediums: a painting (oil and acrylic on canvas) and a physical sculpture (plasticine, clay, plaster, cement, and acrylic paint). I present these two artworks as a unit. This to provoke a speech, a certain interaction between both works.

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