The Casa de Las Tejerinas will host an exhibition of watercolors by the Algeciras artist Rafael Ochando.

The exhibition will remain on display from July 10 to 30, with free access.

The Estepona Town Hall informs that Room 1 of Casa de Las Tejerinas, located in the Plaza de las Flores, will host from next July 10 an exhibition of watercolors by the artist Rafael Ochando.

The pictorial sample consists of 38 works of medium and large format, mainly landscapes, and can be visited until July 30, Tuesday to Friday, from 09:00 to 20:00 hours, and Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00 hours, with free access.

Rafael Ochando Ruíz was born 73 years ago in Algeciras. “Since I was a child I felt a strong inclination for drawing and painting. According to what my parents told me, I started drawing from the moment I could hold a pencil. I always dreamed of studying Fine Arts and dedicating myself professionally to art, but life took me down other paths, and I finally ended up in a Clinical Analysis Laboratory, where I still work.

Over the years, my passion for painting led me to explore multiple techniques: comics, illustrations, oil paintings, acrylics … but as they say, “he who embraces much, squeezes little” and I gradually abandoned projects. It was an exhibition at the Gaudi Awards that left me deeply impressed and pushed me to dedicate myself fully to watercolor.

I am completely self-taught. No one corrected my mistakes, I still continue with them and struggling to master water, something that is not easy at all. However, with time and daily practice, I have been progressing little by little.

I have had several solo exhibitions in Algeciras and, for several years now, I have participated in a group exhibition in El Cortijo de Guadacorte (Los Barrios). I paint every day, although time and obligations often make it difficult for me. Even so, I cannot conceive of a day without approaching color, paper, and that eternal struggle with water.