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Sculpture Art | Pictorical Art
Polished brass figure. 2017. 38cm.

Polished brass figure. 2017. 38cm.

Feminine figure made of polished copper.
 
The original work, made in 2012, is a terracotta created by myself from which two bronze sculptures were made: one is appreciated in the image and the other has a greenish patina.
 
My intention was making a svelte figure in a spin movement over herself to reflect beauty and solitude at the same time.
Terracotta figure lying 2016. 33cm

Terracotta figure lying 2016. 33cm

Lying figure, made in 2019; later, in 2017 I resumed this worked.

The final result can be appreciated in the image.

Terracota figure. 2017. 32cm

Terracota figure. 2017. 32cm

This sculpture was started in 2014 and finished in 2017.

It shows symmetry and its volumes are created with relief lines.

This technique redefines volumes and enriches the figure.

Patinated bronze figure. 2015. 32cm

Patinated bronze figure. 2015. 32cm

Femenine bronze based of previous terracotta created by myself in 2013. 

It shows a greenish patina imitating ancient Greek and Roman art patina. Classical sculpture and its beauty canon are a reference for me, without excluding the great admiration I have for any sculpture created from a personal or spiritual need. 

Nowadays there are multiple limitations when creating a piece of art, and apparently people only look for economical benefit.

Polished brass figure. 2016. 38cm

Polished brass figure. 2016. 38cm

Polished copper figure, forced posture with the arms around the face, expressing the indiferent and sensual teenage beauty.

Like all other works this one in copper came from a terracotta created in 2015.

The polished copper provides this golden yellow tone.

Patinated bronze figure. 2014. 53cm

Patinated bronze figure. 2014. 53cm

This hieratical figure came up from a work made of terracotta created in 2011. 

Years later, in 2014, I resumed work on this sculpture until it was finished. 

From this work, two other bronze sculptures came up: one is polished and the one on the image is finished with patina.

Patinated bronze figure lying. 2015. 47cm.

Patinated bronze figure lying. 2015. 47cm.

Odalisque would be the term to describe this piece.

I started working on it, as always, using clay in 2009 and I finished it in 2016. An artist has to become one with their work, watch and see it, set up a dialogue with it. When starting a new work, either a white sheet, a canvas o a piece of clay, one takes a threat and starts pulling it.

This work, this coexistence, is everything; sometimes, success or failure, anxiety or happiness, are all mixed up, hour after hour, day after day, and solving this problem out is eventually very hard and sometimes frustrating.

Polished bronze figure. 2014. 53cm.

Polished bronze figure. 2014. 53cm.

Hieratical figure, another bronze obtained from the same terracotta as in the work number 6, polished bronze in this case. 

Nowadays, artist and critics value originality, which is hard to find, because most times people fall into imitation, the copy and superficiality. 

One must try to be original, only by being honest with oneself, the rest may come on naturally or not.

Terracotta female figure. 2015. 30cm

Terracotta female figure. 2015. 30cm

Feminine figure, with this work I try to obtain some voluptuous power, not so slender. 

Work done in 2015.

Patinated bronze female figure. 2014

Patinated bronze female figure. 2014

Feminine bronze figure made in 2015. This was my first patina. It took me almost two months to finish it, with many unhurried attempts, without relenting, aware that the result was not yet what I wanted, learning with the process. 

Having a lack of knowledge and making errors are an incitement to go further. Forty years ago, I decided to be an artist and learning itself was the best incitement. I wanted to learn, I wanted to paint—but I had no idea how. I wanted to learn technique drawing, shape, volume and the profession. Fortunately, I found masters with great knowledge who taught me with generosity, always demanding the best from me. 

Nowadays this is not possible anymore, since there are no longer masters with knowledge and especially without generosity. What knowledge and generosity can they pass on? None, only accumulated words and theories they heard here and there, believing that this is already enough to teach. Most of them are frauds. Today, art professors should give their students the knowledge and the technique required to work in total freedom.

Terracotta male figure. 2009. 38cm.

Terracotta male figure. 2009. 38cm.

This terracotta was made in 2009. 

With this work I started to find my artistic language. 

Thereon, I found new approaches. 

Clay is a perfect material, it puts up to everything and it shows you the way, playing with shapes and volumes.

Terracotta figure. 2014. 28cm

Terracotta figure. 2014. 28cm

In this work, the figure has a posture inspired on a picture from a magazine, but I don’t think I could reflect it properly. 

It was hard for me to copy it because it is not my style and it is noticeable in the final result.