RAUL CAÑESTRO CABALLERO

RAUL CAÑESTRO was born on August 16th, 1964 in Ronda, one of the oldest and most historic Spanish cities, located in Andalusia a land where famous artists, writers and philosophers have found inspiration for their work, as was the case for Velazquez, Picasso, Rilke, Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway.
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<br />For many years he lived in Cantabria, a region in northern Spain whose wild mountains, sea and people influenced his personal quest for excellence and authenticity. During his youth, he made an adventurous trip to India that marked him deeply and fueled the process of self-reflection.
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<br />The early artistic inquisitiveness developed by RAUL CAÑESTRO flourished in a family of artists and artisans: painters, book illustrators, wood carvers and leather workers.
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<br />As a child, he enjoyed drawing and soon began to experiment with different textures and techniques such as oil, watercolor, ink, pyrography, colored pencil, as well as with different styles including cubism, realism, abstraction and surrealism. It was an ongoing effort to better himself and find new ways of expression; twisting, destroying and re-building forms, and in that way, creating new…