I’m a contemporary painter, figurative and abstract, with an obsessive focus on color, structure and symbolic forms. Working among Barcelona, Washington, DC and San Diego -after intense beginnings in Venezuela- has shaped a muti styled collection of acrylic, ink, and oil paintings that explore the relationships between nature, human figure, and abstraction. My works try fluidity between spiritual subjects and abstract compositions, reflecting a broad engagement with reality and fiction.

Through layered surfaces, vibrant palettes and imagination, I examine visual balance and chaos, combining the mighty light over the color's volume and depth to draw cultural identity with chromatic scales.

I get my images developed through incremental adjustments, revisions, and material experimentation. The resulting works emphasize pursuing clarity of structure grounded on the physical experience of painting and canvas.

Also, these paintings intend a dialog with the ongoing philosophical inquiries about visual language and human existence, with a common leitmotiv that expresses our shared hope for global peace and happiness.

Rafael Gallardo.