Gerardo lives and has his studio at Fábrica la Aurora. I remember that the first time I saw him walking down the streets of San Miguel, I thought: “he is an artist”, and not by his extravagant way to be, in fact, Gerardo’s intentions are far away from being in the spotlight. That thought came to my mind because I felt the presence of someone who does art, without even knowing what his medium was...
 
Gerardo Ruiz was born in 1948 in Puebla, Mexico. He studied at Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City, and by the time he graduated he was granted a scholarship to continue his studies in sculpture. At the same time, he started his career as a visual arts professor at that same academy.
 
Gerardo is a painter and when I thought of him for this painting, the idea was to portray him with some tools such as brushes, colors, maybe an easel.
 
However, while I was carefully listening to his story and imagining the colors of his essence, Gerardo told me that his real childhood dream was to be a musician. I had no doubt, at least in my painting Gerardo was going to be the musician he always wanted to be.
____________________________________
 
Gerardo tiene su casa y estudio en Fábrica la Aurora. Recuerdo que la
primera vez que lo vi caminando por las calles de San Miguel, pensé: “él es un
artista” , y no por su forma extravagante de ser, al contrario, creo que la intención de Gerardo está lejos de querer estar en el centro de atención. Lo pensé porque sentí la presencia de una persona que hace arte, sin saber aún cuál era su medio...
Gerardo Ruiz nació en 1948 en Puebla, México. Estudió en la Academia de San Carlos en la Ciudad de México, al graduarse recibió una beca para continuar sus estudios en Escultura y, al mismo tiempo, inició su carrera como profesor de artes visuales en esa misma academia.

Gerardo es pintor y cuando pensé en él para este cuadro la idea era retratarlo con algunas herramientas como pinceles, colores, tal vez un caballete. Pero mientras yo escuchaba atentamente su historia y comenzaba a imaginar los colores de su esencia, Gerardo me dijo que su verdadero sueño de niño era ser músico. No tenía dudas, al menos en mi pintura Gerardo iba a ser el músico que siempre quiso ser.