Alfredo Linares

Alfredo J. Linares was born in Maracaibo-Venezuela. From a very early age he felt motivated to be an artist, which led him to pursue studies in Venezuela at the College of Arts Neptali Rincon. Pedro Piña, one of the best artists in Venezuela, was an inspiration to him. After finishing his studies in Venezuela he had a desire to come to the United States to specialize in art. He is now a US Citizen. He attended many workshops one of which was the Academy of Art Realistic in Toronto, Canada, where he met and received instruction from the Director of the Atelier, Fernando Freites. He credits contacts with the Portrait Institute in New York, directed by renowned artist John Howard Sanden, as enabling a significant breakthrough in his career. Besides being instructed by other artists, such as the renowned illustrator and artist Michael Casy and Ramon Kelly etc. His goal through the arts is to help people who have needs, especially children. His vision is to paint not only the simplicity of life, but to capture the moments of love, purity, joy and other wonderful emotions. His hope is that others will be moved by his paintings to help some of the most impoverished people in this hemisphere.

I work with oil paints as it is a versatile technique, and has been used throughout history. I prefer using brand Blockx oil paintings, because their pigments are pure and have the best saturation. All my paintings are made on linen canvas.