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Carlos Diaz was born in Trujillo on the North Pacific Coast of Peru. He spent his early youth living and studying in the mountains and jungles of the region where he developed his affinity for and an understanding of the indigenous Indians and Mestizos. This later would influence his art. His father's familly came to Peru over two hundred years ago from Portugal while his mother's family is native indian. Carlos' father was an architect and encouraged his son to study architectural and mechanical drawing. He quickly found the discipline required by this kind of art too confining and was torn by a need to express himself in a looser style. driven by his desire for a more personalised form of expression, carlos left Peru in 1966 for England where he first studied in St. ives, Cornwall. He then travelled throughout europe and attendedart schools in Florence, Avignon and Barcelona. Upon returning to England he studied at both Chelsea an Putney Schools of Art before pursuing his own ideas. In his struggle to find his own style, Carlos began to experiment using palette knife to create his paintings, mix his own colours directly from natural pigments, as many as those of the old Masters. Carlos prefers to make his own colours because he can create unique and brighter ones than those commercially available. Carlos finds that he can also control the consistency of the paint. This knowledge of the paint composition has allowed him to experiment with industrial materials such as synthetics, metals, plastics and nylon papers as alternatives to ordinary canvas. Carlos is also an accomplished dancer. He expresses his love for art through dance as well as painting. For Carlos, his Latin American dancing has become an inspiration to his wotk, and can be felt throughout his creations.