I was born in the province of Melchor Muzquiz in the northern state of Coahuila,
Mexico. On February 19, 1954. My parents were Don Roman Galan de la pena y Dona
Lucila Muzquiz Rodriguez. Rest in Peace.
It seems that love for painting runs in the genes of my family. I can say so,
because the high number of relatives with this talent or tendency. Its evident
that my genetic and artistic heritage finds its expression through different
media (Painting, photography, poetry,ceramics etc.) as part of the process of
self-identification and realization within the arts. Basically I am a
self-taught artist. I have been my own teacher for more than 40 years,
discovering within the versatility of my style different trends of painting as
geometrical, surrealism, abstract etc, and without having any preference I keep
experimenting all of them. It is worth mentioning the ability to draw since
childhood, where my most beloved subject was to create out of my imagination the
facades of modern houses. Here the child architect who enjoys the pleasure to
mold space through lines, angles and colors, which I interpret as the bridge to
understand cubism/geometrical. So it was geometry the science that helped me to create and
develop my own style, and it was literature, the art that increased the
interpretation of my own hieroglyphics. It was reading about the great modern
painters that gave me the feeling of confidence, a feeling of belonging to a
certain psychological sameness, a feeling of radical transition from centuries
of traditional art. In other words, whatever I create in my own era, is a legacy
from their pioneer and profound vision. It was during my high school days in the
early 70's, while living in Monterrey Mexico, when I began to read a lot of
spiritual and didactic books, which increased my sensibility toward life and
art. Then in 1975, I moved to Austin, Texas where I became serious in expressing
myself through the art of painting.Since then I have been living and working on
my project, in cities such as: Mexico City, Monterrey Mex, Guanajuato, Mex., San Antonio and
Austin Tx. USA.

HONOS ALIT ARTES

Javier Galan