(Literal) Reflection of Another Era of Emotional Lean Times with Self-Portrait in the Background.

Oil on canvas, 63.7x51 in. (2000).

Medal of Honor from the absolute awards and Young Painting Acquisition Award from the II National Painting Contest Parliament of La Rioja (Spain).

Jury composed of Modest Cuixart Tàpies (Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Spain 1999), José Esteve Adam (BMW Painting Prize 1994), Mario Antolín Paz (Academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid),
Juan Van-Halen Acedo (Academic of the Royal Academies of History and Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid), Fernando Francés García (Art critic) and Jorge Apellániz Barrio (secretary of the jury and senior lawyer of the Parliament of La Rioja, Spain).