“The Garriris were born in the late 1960s. I was about eighteen years old and drew and drew, as always, compulsively. I loved filling blank pages with ballpoint pen, pencil, or pen and ink, watercolors, or colored markers. They came about suddenly, almost without my realizing it. I would start drawing, and I did it in two ways. I called the first one ‘Taking Notes’; I’d sit at the kitchen table or in front of any object and draw it. They were drawings of what Reality looked like. The balconies, my sister’s nose, my slippers, the fridge, and the blender.” J. Mariscal

A selection of rarely exhibited works featuring the characters from *Los Garriris*. These pieces depict scenes that capture the essence of the Garriri personality, combined with colors not typically associated with these characters, who were born from the pen and the underground comic.

“A few lines and dots came together, and a new character began to emerge from the pages. They’d look at you and immediately ask you to take them to other places; they wanted to travel, they were curious and full of energy. When I draw the Garriris, I always feel like they’re the ones calling the shots. At first they were tiny and very funny; they moved around a lot, and you could find them anywhere. Little by little, they grew bigger; they discovered the beach. The beach and the sea and the moon—the full moon. The pine trees, the boats, the sand, the waves, and the dunes.” J. Mariscal

The paintings stand out for their lines, which shift between the borders of a frame, a fishing rod, or a gigantic wave.