Sometimes one loves something so deeply that it becomes impossible to describe it. For Rodrigo Botero, painting is both a starting point and a destination. Some thoughts lead towards it, while others depart from it, opening new paths to explore desire, necessity, perception, and the possibilities of the image.
Painting allows him to explore something that other techniques cannot offer in quite the same way: the possibility of bringing the physical and spatial qualities of sculpture into a two-dimensional surface. Paint becomes matter, and the surface becomes part of the image. Thickness, transparency, density, gesture, and texture are not merely technical characteristics, but elements through which the image can be constructed and experienced.
Different painting techniques produce different rhythms and qualities of gesture. Combined with the structure and texture of each surface, they create an almost musical relationship between material and intention. Just as different kinds of music can belong to different moments, different painting techniques can respond to different needs, emotions, and ideas.
The choice of technique therefore emerges from the demands of each work. Rather than following a fixed method or a predetermined style, Botero approaches painting as an ongoing investigation in which material, surface, gesture, and thought continuously influence one another.