ABOUT

I love.

I love God

I love people.

I love art.

I love making things beautiful.

My name is Rafael Guajardo. I am a passionate portrait artist, photographer and painter.

My art is about love and my mission is to capture it. I want more than anything for my clients to feel love in my work. My hope is that everytime they look at their portraits it will be a constant reminder of their love for one-another.

I am a self-taught artist. Over the years I’ve learned skills by visiting museums, art galleries and reading about the world’s greatest artists and their important works.

My most meaningful learning has been to sojourn in a museum and stand in awe before the paintings of the Great Masters. Always, it has been an amazing experience of deep gratitude and inspiration.

When I create an image, I want to do more than just take a pretty picture.

My purpose is to capture a specific moment…a look… an innocence… a feeling... a part of one's story.

Once I find that magical moment with my camera, a new experience begins.

When I paint, I feel a freedom…a joy… a renewal and fire in my soul. I paint where my senses take me, by doing so I transform the portrait to a new dimension of beauty and elegance.

This is what I call "Capturing the Soul of Love".

Rafael