The soul and spirit of Raymundo Gardea is one of the innocence portrayed in Dreaming. He lives his life in passionate pursuit of beauty, love and understanding. His paintings are inspired by these ideals and depict the antithesis of the violence and disease we witness daily in our streets and the hardships he suffered growing up. An attending Cerritos College he started doing more constructive type of art and learned how to assemble his artwork. He graduated from Cerritos College with and Associates Degree in Arts. Fearful of the expense and insecure about his ability to operate a business,...

"My personality, played a big part in my childhood. What do you think so far ? One more thing is this painting of the Labor Child, who was around 13 yrs old. In the early days, 20's and 30's children where working in factories. I was working in the streets. I composed this child from different photographs to show when they worked in factories under age. I painted her withher best Sunday dress, with a button missing, and two pouches on each side of her to carry tools, to work in this factory. Her looks I her eyes, tell us she is still there. 30 x 40 oil on canvas, I called her Labor Child."...