ABOUT

I love God

I love people.

I love art.

I love making things beautiful.

My name is Rafael Guajardo and I am a child of God. I also 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 this paramount expression in my work. My hope is that every time they look at their portraits it will be a constant reminder of their deep affection for one-another.

Ever since I was a little boy, I created images and things that just felt right and good to me. Over the years I’ve learned my technique by visiting museums, art galleries, watching documentaries and reading books about the world’s greatest artists and their important works.

My most meaningful and profound learning has been to sojourn in a museum and stand in awe before the paintings of the Great Masters. Always, this has been an incredible experience of wonder 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 this magical moment with my camera, a new experience begins. Sometimes when I paint, I feel peace…a freedom…a joy… a renewal and fire in my spirit. I paint where my feelings and 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