All my work is self-referential, and I have a methodology to obtain the images that I have sustained, with its variants, over time. The Mutations series served me to experiment with the image, and I think that is where my identity as an artist was defined. The more I write, the more I realize what that moment in my life meant. So defining in so many ways.
From the insides ( De dentro ) is a self-portrait. When I painted it, it was incredible the connection I felt to it. I literally saw me.
To arrive at this image I ruled out several possibilities. Some more interesting than others. There is something animal here, creaturely. And I think there's something of that, of going a little bit out of the human in terms of representation, but that serves me precisely to explore the deepest feelings, the most inherent in us.
In many of my paintings my face appears, but I do not consider all of them as a self-portrait. Sometimes it happens that my whole body is at the disposal of what I want to say. I mean that through it I can "name", put an image to a subject that generates my interest, which always arises from things that particularly move me, but I feel that it can also be extended to other people. I don't think that what I experience is only something that can happen to me. It can happen that you find yourself in my paintings, that you see yourself reflected.
I think I'm going off on a tangent, so this is as far as I'll write. This work is an oil on canvas 40 x 50 cm. I hope you can notice the subtleties in the temperature changes of the skin (I love working with color from the temperatures), and I also hope you like it.
- Todo mi trabajo es autorreferencial, y tengo una metodología para obtener las imágenes que he sostenido, con sus variantes, a lo largo del tiempo. La serie Mutaciones me sirvió para experimentar con la imagen, y creo que allí se terminó de definir mi identidad como artista. Cuanto más escribo, más me doy cuenta lo que significó ese momento en mi vida. Tan definitorio en tantos aspectos.
De dentro (From the insides) es un autorretrato. Cuando lo pinté era increíble la conexión que sentía con él. Me veía a mí, literalmente.
Para llegar a esta imagen descarté varias posibilidades. Algunas más interesantes que otras. Hay algo animal aquí, de criatura. Y creo que hay algo de eso, de salirme un poco de lo humano en cuanto a la representación, pero que me sirve justamente para ahondar en los sentimientos más profundos, más inherentes a nosotros.
En muchas de mis pinturas aparece mi rostro, pero no considero a todas como un autorretrato. A veces sucede que todo mi cuerpo se encuentra a disposición de lo que quiero decir. Me refiero a que a través de él puedo “nombrar”, ponerle imagen a un tema que me genera interés, que siempre surge de cosas que me movilizan particularmente, pero siento que también puede ser extensivo al resto de las personas. No creo que lo que yo experimente sea solo algo que puede pasarme a mí. Puede suceder que te encuentres en mis pinturas, que te veas reflejado.
Creo que me estoy yendo por las ramas, así que hasta aquí escribiré. Esta obra es un óleo sobre tela de 40 x 50 cm. Espero les guste.
I would love to know about how you create your images. Are they based on a projection on the body and then photographed? However you achieve it, it reminds me of a form of cubism but using the body to contort the face image.
Have you ever tried Body painting?
Hello! maybe I'm taking away some of the mystery by answering you, but yes! haha. I start from a projection on my body. I usually use photographs of myself, on my body. But then I can force, or accentuate details of the image to get what I want.
Years ago I studied some make-up. A little bit of everything. Body painting is not something that attracts me very much. I did use some FX (very little) for a series of photos I did (I hired a photographer to take the shots). Generally I prefer painting because it is my medium par excellence, although I also have photographic work.
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Awesome!. Your imagination superb!
Thank you so much Shane!
Me encanta tu obra! me recuerda a Jenny Saville ♥