stunning technical perfection. His technical mastery has allowed him to deal with compositions, portrays, public monuments and religious images in an equally successful manner. Through the observation of his works that appeal the observer by their beauty and are both intellectual and popular, we can feel his love for proportions, for play on volumes, for harmony in composition and the taste for a job well done». Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines wrote «Rafael balances traditional artistic culture and openness to modern sculpture within the current mediterranean expressionism. The subjects of their works are ordinary people, imbued with nostalgy: old men, beggars, etc. approaching them from a personal attitude. The use of wax allows him to model the body and clothes as though they were soft adaptable sheets that the artist drills, folds or projects in the air. This is one of the main devices he uses to amplify and deepen the emotion enclosed by the bronze. He distorts the anatomy, he makes limbs slimmer, he breaks the flesh open and plays with fabrics laying them out pompously. His works, even the small scale ones, present a kind of monumental character, conferred by his particular way of assembling shape simplification and compact volumes with concrete elements, references and gestures containing the expressive energy». Work Al moro y al cristiano, 1983, Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia, Spain). Bronze. 2’20 metres high. A San Juan de la Cruz, 1986, Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia). Bronze. 2’00 metres high. Al alpargatero, 1987, Cehegín (Murcia, Spain). Bronze. 2’20 metres high. Talía, 1990, Teatro Guerra, Lorca (Murcia). Bronze. 0’85 metres high. Conde de Floridablanca, 1992, Murcia. Bronze. 1’65 metres high. I.E.S. Floridablanca. A los tamboristas, 1997, Moratalla (Murcia, Spain). Bronze. 2’20 metres high. Al agricultor, 1998, Cehegín (Murcia, Spain). Bronze. 2’20 metres high. IX Conde de Aranda, 1998, L'Alcora (Castellón, Spain). Bronze. 2’30 metres high. San Francisco de Asís, 1998, L'Alcora (Castellón). Bronze. 0’60 metres high. Granerer de Torrent, 1999, Torrent (Valencia). Bronze. 2’20 metres high. A la nazarena, 1999, Cehegín (Murcia). Bronze. 2’30 metres high. Via Crucis, 2000, Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia, Spain). Bronze. 0 ’45 metres wide by 0’60 metres high (each one of the fourteen stations of the Cross). Real Basílica Santuario de la Vera Cruz de Caravaca. A los tamboristas, 2000, Mula (Murcia, Spain). Bronze. 2’30 metres high. Represents two drummers in competition during Mula's Easter festivities. Cristo de la vega, 2000, Calasparra (Murcia,