Entre Sueños y Memorias
Entre Sueños y Memorias walks a fine line where it barely manages to separate between what is real and unreal. It represents a search for identity and explore´s life´s duality.
Most are melancholic pieces that allow for one to escape and confront life’s realities through the imaginary.
Technique: The flowers in these landscapes are not collage. Rather, they are individually created with acrylic and oil paint using a air blowing technique of my own creation. As you can imagine, it is a messy (the paint jumps and splatters all over the place) and time consuming process. After the flower has dried, it is quite difficult to remove actually. So the planning of this both dynamic and precise technique, made it quite the challenge in terms of composition.
"Entre Sueños" y "Memorias" Es un camino trazado sobre una línea tan fina, que apenas logra separar lo real de lo irreal. Representa una búsqueda de identidad que explora la dualidad de la vida y que permite escapar del mundo "real" para enfrentarlo a través de lo "irreal".
Las obras son una experimentación que combina lo clásico y lo contemporáneo a través de una fusión de colores, estilos y técnicas. Es una muestra ecléctica que busca encontrar balance y armonía entre elementos frecuentemente opuestos y disímiles. Combina dos series que se contraponen, pero que no podrían existir la una sin la otra.
La serie "Entre Sueños" presenta el árbol como enlace entre dos mundos, entre lo visible y lo invisible. Estas obras no solo ilustran, también ocultan.
Técnica: Las flores en estos paisajes no son collage. Mas bien, son individualmente creadas con acrílico y óleo usando una técnica de aire mi propia creación. Como se puede imaginar, es un proceso que hace mucho desorden (la pintura brinca al aplicarla) y que toma mucho tiempo. Luego de que la flor se seca, es bastante dificil de remover. Así que en cuanto a composición, es todo un reto aplicar esta técnica la cual es tanto dinámica como precisa.
A Promise - Una Promesa
Tryptic 240 x 120 cm total, 120 x 80 cm each
Acrylic and Oil over canvas
2013
Matera
100 x 130 cm (43 x 51 In)
Acrylic and Oil over canvas
2013
Matera is a beautiful small old town in the south of Italy. Except for the added blue flowered tree, the image is of a place that is very much real. I was able to visit it thanks to an invitation from my mother in law, who loves to travel as much as I do.
A Cerulean Moment
60 x 80 cm
Originally done in acrylic in 2013, its possible I may have added oil as well when I updated this piece in 2017 to add the flowers.
A few years later, the tree trunk from Tangerine Shimmer was not to my liking. I had been approached by a friend to help with the construction of a new Catholic Church for Lindora in Santa Ana. In order to donate it, I updated this work and also changed its name to better reflect my feelings at the time.
This work was raffled or auctioned off by the church management and all funds used for its construction. Thanks to the many donations in time and money the Church has received mostly from the people from Lindora, I am happy to say the church is almost complete.
Esta pieza fue donada para la construcción de la nueva Iglesia Católica en Lindora (Santa Ana).
Tan Lejos, pero tan Cerca - So far, yet so close
110 x 190 cm (43.3 x 74.8 In)
Acrylic and Oil over canvas
2013
Las Flores del Rio - The River’s Flowers
100 x 80 cm (39.4 x 31.5 In)
Técnica Mixta - Mixed Technique
2013
Primavera - Spring
120 x 80 cm ( 47.2 x 31.5 In)
Técnica Mixta - Mixed Technique
2013
Flores de Invierno
90 x 120 cm (47.2 x 35.4 In)
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
October 2013
Autumn Dance
40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 In)
Oil over Canvas
2011
Summer´s Bloom
120 x 180 cm ( 47.2 x 70.86 In)
Acrylic and Oil over Canvas
November Leaves
120 x 80 cm ( 47.2 x 31.5 In)
Acrylic and Oil over Canvas
2012