Overview
At 9 he became fascinated with the paintbrush and using watercolours and tempera he painted portraits of his friends and family. His mother, Edua Herreria, a beautiful Brazilian woman, met his father, a handsome and charismatic ladies’ man, Antonio Perez, in the late 1950s, in Campana, a small city outside Buenos Aires. They married and had four children of whom Fabian is the youngest. Edua was the creative force in Fabian’s life, and Antonio was the inspiration for his work.
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Fabian witnessed his father’s unorthodox and often difficult life, portraying him in his paintings as “the cool guy” outside nightclubs and bordellos. Antonio owned several brothels and illegal nightclubs in Campana and was frequently chased and closed down by the police. The young Fabian was constantly exposed to beautiful women who could seduce a man “simply by lighting a cigarette”. Today we see these “ladies of the night” exquisitely portrayed in many of Fabian’s paintings - memories of his youth and the nightlife he observed. At 16 Fabian was faced with the loss of his mother and 3 years later the loss of his father. The sadness and despair he experienced left him confused and searching for answers. In 1984 he had crossed paths with the greatest inspiration of his life - Sensei Oscar - who later became his teacher, master, close friend, and father figure. Heartbroken and alone, he, therefore, found strength and inner peace through the study of martial arts.
Then in 1987, Fabian set off on a journey that was to last until the present day. After six months in Rio, he took up residence in Padova, near Venice, where he stayed for seven years, studying with Oscar and painting daily before moving on to Okinawa, Japan. He finally experienced a different side of life in the USA, and in Los Angeles, he worked as a busboy and a model and ran odd jobs for Universal Studios. With his days full, he painted throughout the night and considered this the most creative period of his life. In 2001, two art publishers and gallery owners saw and fell in love with an exhibition of Fabian’s work. They met Fabian two days later, and they formed a partnership to promote, market and develop Fabian’s career as a fine artist. The collaboration was an overwhelming success; every painting Fabian created was sold immediately and the demand for his work exploded. Today his work is published by De Montfort Fine Art in the UK.