Discouraged

Since there hasn't been much interaction in this blog I've decided to temporarily stop posting. If you are reading this please I want to hear from you, What do you think of my artwork? My Instagram account is @josexart

Detail from an unfinish drawing - 2016

Portrait

Etude - 2016

To me a portrait is not a mere depiction of the subject but rather an opportunity to get to know the subject. This portrait in particular was done with a fine ink pen and was not sketched. I tend to start with the left eye, move down to the nose and get up to the right eye. For me proportions have to be dictated by intuition for it gives a more personal style to the portrait.
When making portraits I tend to listen to music which to me seem appropriate with the subject. For example in this portrait i was listening to a waltz by Tchaikovsky because of the subjects refine features. The hair in particular was to me a symphony of waves pouring into the paper in a beautifully rhythmic fashion. 

Gypsy Happiness

Gypsy Happiness (2014) - oil on canvas

Leaning on the one ideal she strives for, peace, the land is barren yet a guardian angel is ever present to console her hardships. The little girl on the background bears a halo for she is no mere mortal but an spiritual presence. The dove looks at her and acknowledges its master. The girl to her right is a representation of the melancholy of her past. With a downcast gaze she is overcome with a tangible feeling of relief. 

The painting came about as a response to the escalating feeling of social isolation. When I paint I feel liberated and relieved like the girl depicted above.

Confus

Confus (2016)

Being an engineering student opened my mind to a new previously unexplored creativity. The drawing here depicts a somewhat confused girl with peculiarly strange hand gestures. This is because she is trying to make sense of a fourth dimension by using the "right hand rule" to visualize the axis of rotation of whatever she is examining and with her left hand trying to decipher in what direction it is traveling. In the background the sky is purposely drawn as a collection of curved lines as an attempt to illustrate the infinite configurations of the path she is trying to visualize or perhaps the turmoil of her thoughts trying to figure out something seemingly impossible by mere thought. 

The Serene Bliss

The Serene Bliss - 2015

A moment in time is captured when a girl awakens at the beginning of a dream. Like the bouquet of flowers in the background the girl gives life to its surroundings as she gracefully enters a new domain from what appears to be a portal or a shallow lake at her feet.

The artwork is one that originated after having listened to a flamenco performance. The girl is clapping or starting a flamenco song and in doing so she transports herself into what appears to be a dream.