He entered the architecture school of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1964 but left the following year because of a job offer in drawing.
[3][9] In 1987 he presented an anthological exhibition at the Foro de Arte y Cultura in Jalisco, where thirty eight of his works were vandalized by someone using a sharp object.
[1][2] In this mode, he has also exhibited his work in Tucson, Austin, Texas, Boston and Phoenix as well as in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Australia and South Korea.
[1][2] He has also taught students for over thirty years in various venues, including his current one at the Centro de Educación Artística José Clemente Orozco in Guadalajara.
In 1977 he formed a group called Los Vitalistas with other figurative artists such as Jorge Alzaga, Gregorio González and Alejandro Colunga with the aim of preserving Mexican cultural traditions as related to art.
[1] Calling himself a “poeta plástico” (artistic poet), he has creating paintings (oil on canvas, linoleum and copper), drawings sculptures and prints.
[1] He focuses on scenes from ordinary life, considering his work a tribute everyday things, which he describes as domestic,” “simple” and even “trivial.
[3][1][9] He is noted for his depictions of dark skinned women along with domestic animals such as birds, pigs and roosters, along with dogs, cats and horses which he particularly admires.
[2][3] These depictions show influence from Marc Chagall, Balthus, Diego Velázquez and Hieronymus Bosch, with can be shown with masks or sometimes as mythological or religious symbols.