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Abelardo Fabela was born in Mexicali in 1948. He studied in Guadalajara and Mexico City.
He began painting at age 22 and became a TV producer (Channel 13).
He has participated in many individual and group exhibitions in Mexico, North and South America.
Presently, he is a full-time artist.
There was once a man at a museum during an opening.
He came to me and said, "Young man!"
"Everything you paint is frivolous!"
"Life is not the way you paint it, so... happy and carefree."
I thought about it for a while, but answered that it is my attempt to see things positively.
If I painted the world the way it is, I would paint differently.
For that matter, I couldn't do it.
I don't know how to paint tragedy, problems, or bad people.
I always try to focus on the positive things I get from people.
All of us artists paint ourselves, even if we deny it.
All our activities reflect who we are. It's automatic.
I don't think about it. I paint characters I like,
so I try to paint them as attractive as I can.
I don't paint them ugly. I try to give them a certain something.
And since I love to people watch, I love mouths, eyes, noses.
So I'm always thinking about the design of the piece,
looking to be happy with the outcome, and
hoping that the buyer is happy with it as well.
When you think of it, purchasing a painting is very much like
purchasing a husband, a wife, or partner. You live with it.
So I think you should feel happy when you see it. It can't make you feel sad.
The partnership has been surprisingly good for me.
In reality, I didn't think my work would be so well received here in Puerto Vallarta.
And Rodolfo is very professional. Very committed.
People sometimes ask why my women are ugly and my men are not.
I always say, "not true!" And then there are those who think
that my men are ugly and my women are not.
What I'd like to do is to keep learning more and more each day.
And I'd like to be able to take my time painting my canvases.
But I can't. This is how I make a living.
I used to have a job, so I could take as long as I wanted.
Now I don't. But I'm happy this way because I'm allowing my work to be known.