23 August 2021
In these two moorings all the tension is in the middle part, in the strong movements of the ropes and in the chromatic contrasts between the wood of the poles and the water. From the center, the tension descends downward, sinking downward as if it is an abyss. It is a dramatic picture, and the presence of the colour purple goes well with this feeling. I can’t say that I enjoy it when I paint dramatic pictures, but I think […]
28 June 2021
My relationship with the canvas is always very dynamic: sometimes I feel that the rhythm while I’m painting is a bit bland and that’s where I feel the urge to get to a point. In these large-format Moorings (150x180cm), the first rope at the bottom right, with the help of the squeegee that I often use to trace the ropes and wires, came out as a point of light, which surprised me and dictated the rhythm of the other strings. […]
14 June 2021
A few weeks ago I held a workshop in a primary school on this theme of moorings. The idea of the art teacher was to leave a positive message to the two fifth classes (53 children in all) for the end of the school year. It was a really intense and fascinating moment! During the first part of the morning I painted a picture in front of them and I told how these recent works on the moorings were born. […]
24 May 2021
In this series of four moorings there is an almost brutal beauty, given by the yellow water a color that is not real, but it is sophisticated and lived-in. Then these poles, so unique that they spires each one as it is, vertical, dense with matter. There is a detail that I would like to point out to you and it is the second pole starting from the left, the element of the rope as it rests on the knot, […]
