[3] [4] Throughout the period that he was traveling across the world, Gallardo improved his art skills and started to get recognized as an artist through multiple awards.
[5] Upon his return to the end of his educational period, Gallardo returned to San Jose, Costa Rica, in which he created artwork for big companies and associations, including National Bank of Costa Rica, The Porfirio Brenes Castro School, The Residence for Polio Children, amongst others.
[3] As a writer, Jorge Gallardo also numerous short novels and poems that focused on his developing study of Christina Realism, in which he criticized several leading countries through religious perspectives in Divine Justice (1974), Redagogia Diabolica (1978), among several other of his work.
[6] After discovering his passion for art with the help of Gonzalo Morales, Jorge Gallardo obtained scholarships to study in Europe, which at the time there was a rise for artist since World War Two had just ended.
[7] During this time, Gallardo befriended several recognized artist and writers that also helped him improve his art and writing, such Octavio Paz, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonso Paso, Giovanni Papini, Maria Moreno Galvan, among several other important figures.