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Still Life

Still, Life is dead nature, which is opposed to being alive. My interpretation brings dynamics into it. I love using watercolor because of its loose quality and flow. I encourage you to experiment with it whether you are an art student, amateur professional, or apprentice. It is a friendly media that is neat and easy to clean. I learned the basics of still Life in my early education, and now it is fun to bend its rules. Still, Life is considered by critics and intellectuals as a medium to learn, sketch, and develop a new idea. It was not necessary in the past, but never disregarded the beauty of its pigments and who does it. Artists such as Caravaggio created many of the most interesting Still-life masterpieces. From its simplicity of shapes, Matisse took it to a design level. Sargent gave a dazzling and fresh look to his images.
My Still Life blends patterns, filling the forms to create eye movement, moreover, with meaning towards environmental art. The composition elements travel all over in unison.  Within, the geometric shapes interlace from circles to triangles in harmony. Pure improvisation comes with the academic theory. In breaking the concepts,” Parallelism” echoes the outline. The shadow suggests a ground where the whole weight rests. The blue disappears above, suggesting high above the sky. Although implied forms are stiff, I managed to articulate them. These are like fish shapes, from the bending brackets to half lines on the bottom. On the other side, I grabbed the dark and light tones to create continuity. As I mentioned before, creating a reality was not my goal. This Still Life is about its symbols reaching up to the sky as fruitful and rejoicing without doubts.

STILL LIFE

Still Life

“Still Life” Size 24″ x 18″ Watercolor Medium 2024

 

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El Picador

El Picador is a playful subject about bullfight practice. The idea recalls my childhood, when I spent Sunday afternoons at home, having lunch with my family and watching the bullfights on TV.

Domes from the church no longer exist. The fire burned down the domes many years ago. The place dates from colonial times in Ecuador. All along. The Picador stands for its endurance through time; looking back at this painting makes me see in perspective the evolution of my artwork. The patterns are my source of communicating the meaning of each painting.

This early subject has many components in parallelism. Andrea Mantegna’s stage composition inspired it. It beholds the mood in the arrangement; one object holds to the other as thought fragments. Although the Picador is the main subject, the direction he points out with the spear to the kids signals a game. Then, images bounce back, and your eye begins watching encircling images from many angles.

The hung meat symbolizes the end of the animal; it is cruel and fatalist because it could be the Picador, who may be dead in the end. Notice that the Picador horse is a ceramic made from the ancient Incas. Overall, blue colors fill the sky and, in part, reflect the tonality on the church wall. Still, Sepia dominates most of the painting to recap the idea of an old, not-forgotten time.

This reminds me of a time of freedom, innocence, and enjoyment. It is in our nature to feel free to connect with our memories and wish those moments return. In short, the images continuously trigger the mind in our consciousness to remind us of the moment.El picador

” El Picador 36″ x 60″ Oil on linen 2006

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The Sequence

It is a transformed image from the zodiac sign, dedicated to a good friend of mine. As well as a reminder from our beloved family. A development from the Metamorphosis sequence, you may find a previous painting in the other publications where anthropomorphic figures materialize. It’s more of saying a creative run in development, its vibrant colors, full recalling a story. Moreover, this referred to a good time in the past. Aspiring to go back, not at all. It is better to leave good memories than to see the end ruined. I am not running away from responsibilities, just enjoying life.
The Sequence symbolizes our encircled behaviors, stuck in our thoughts and unable to overcome, spending years in the same role. Controlling them is mastery. There is much to do daily, and our expectations are part of our motivation to get what we want.
Moreover, these forms share many traits from ancient times: rough, strong in dynamic, sensitive, and pure. Green is fertility; here, it leads to a calm ocean, where two figures follow each other and perhaps engage in love, ready to fulfill their mind and body together.
Love does not last, so I painted it rough to point at a reminder of our momentary beauty. In short, it is a transition test appointed to us to learn to use it, accept it, or live it and accept it as it is.

The Sequence

“The Sequence” size 24″ x 18″ Oil on Paper 2024

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