CANVAS ART
WAITING FOR THE SPRING series + TERRACOTTA LANDSCAPES diorama series
When Covid kicked in 2020 and the whole world was in lock down, like many of us, I felt really low.
But one day I see that little bird pecking outside my window, and that defenceless and tiny creature somehow made me realize that strenght and freedom might be within me. That I could "wait for the spring to come" in a constructive way.
So I started drawing them, feeding them and observing their interactions. Paying so close attention to these tiny beings opened a colorful world to me. I became obsessed with these creatures, the way they change with the symphony of seasons, and thanks to that I felt my freedom back through their little wings of ink and paper. In a world of decline and decay, with the dark shadow of environmental collapse over us, honoring the cute little things that still remain in Nature is essential to stay alive.
Mixed media on A3 card. Brighton, UK. 2022.
Done with air-dry modelling clay, beads, stained mirrors, metal wires, tree branches, wood and ceramic scraps, colored with acrylic paint and framed in a 8 x 19 cms glass dome. Brighton, UK. 2023.
Mixed media on A3 card. Brighton, UK. 2021.
Done with air-dry modelling clay, beads, metal wires, stained mirror, wood scraps and tree branches, colored with acrylic paint and framed in a 26x26 cms. white frame box. Brighton, UK. 2022.
SERES (BEINGS) series
These are my first series of drawings in large format. All pieces have been done only using Indian Ink and technical pen on card (cross-hatching), and some were made on two and even four panels.
The topic here is about observing individual creatures of Nature enclosed into a womb-like shape and expose them against a pure black canvas, what creates a sense of loneliness, melancholy and isolation.
1.00 x 1.40 mts. 2007.
1.00 x 1.40 mts. 2004.
1.40 x 2.00 mts. 2004.
0.80 x 1.00 mts.
0.70 x 1.00 mts. 2007.
1.00 x 0.60 mts. 2003.
HEARTS series
Artistic journey through human emotions based only on the use of heart shapes, recurrent symbols and only few words on the titles: What does "death", "fear" or "hope" mean to us?
Mixed media on A2 watercolor card. Brighton, UK. 2022.
Mixed media on A4 Bristol card. Brighton, UK. 2018.
Mixed media on A3 Bristol card. Brighton, UK. 2019.
Mixed media on 297 x 297 mm Bristol card. Brighton, UK. 2020.
Mixed media on 297 x 297 mm Bristol card. Brighton, UK. 2020.
Mixed media on A4 Bristol card. Brighton, UK. 2016.
FELIS series
These drawings were made based on one my godson did few of years ago.
The word "FELIS" that lies on top of his drawing (love to include the spelling mistake he did!) made me think how true peace can be found even within the most adverse situations. Little things are essential.
Mixed media on A3 Bristol card. Brighton, UK. 2020.
Mixed media on A2 watercolor card. Brighton, UK. 2020.
Mixed media on A2 watercolor card. Brighton, UK. 2021.
SAINTS series
This is a body of works I left incomplete, but as all of my series, I may resume it in the future.
Animal suffering for enriching unscrupulous people is not unknown any more, and in the last few years, obscene practices like factory farming have become increasingly dangerous for all life forms on Earth, and other especies including us.
Ballpoint pen on A4 paper. Brighton, UK. 2013.
Ballpoint pen on card (triptych). Brighton, UK. 2014.
Ballpoint pen on A4 cards (diptych). Brighton, UK. 2014.
EROTIC series
MATURE CONTENT
Large scale pieces body of works based on the exploration of human sexuality. By the way, being continually exposed to the most obscenely explicit, mediocre and banal of society via social networks, advertising and the press, why are we so shocked when we see drawings about sex or naked people?
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