Great art is never easy to find, but every once in a while you find a special painting that is simply outstanding, so this month Jaime Rosa work is selected as work of the month. Taking this painting into consideration, This is a great example of SIMPLICITY at its best. Just a simple representation of a flower that blossom in every corner in Puerto Rico called “Cruz De Marta”
Jaime Rosa Makes an excellent example in the aspect of making a contrast of light and darkness while maintaining structural composition in the work of art. This painting reminds me of the old master, Rembrandt that had mayor control in the blurring of light. An other aspect that makes this work of art stand out is the texture applied to the center of the flower, which is also very characteristic of Rosa’s work. Continue reading Jaime Rosa Painting of The Month “April”→
Ask anyone in Puerto Rico about our Old Masters and you might end up with the same Answers Jose Campeche, Ramon Frade and Francisco Oller but why Does everybody give us this same answers? Because they are 100% correct instead I have a problem with this, Their Dead… Now what if I told you that this statement has another side to the coin, What if i Told you That I seen Francsico Oller Work on the flesh on the hand of a Ponce Artist, which goes by the Name of William Maldonado, Would you believe me? Is a bold statement to say or even write it. But you be the judge by the next two picture.
William Maldonado Hacienda En Ponce 9 by 11 Oil/BoardFrancisco Oller Hacienda Aurora 1898
Who is William Maldonado to me? I consider his work a fusion of Realism with a slight touch of impresionism. In his work we can see the perfect definition of Realism that to me is the term illusionistic for the accurate rendering of visual appearances with a little magic of the Impresionist movement. His work is sublte but very precise, detailed and accurate representation of appearance in the scenes and objects like depicted on the first Image of the blog, where we can see that all small details of the work are not avoided but instead Perfectly plasterd in the board. His Work are subject to interpretation for a more selective type of Collector, because time is the only element that can help in the creation of his masterwork and the average time of a small work is about 4 to 6 weeks to get that realistic look with great skill and care for all scenes on the board.
I know a great art historian called Osiris Delgado who once told me that if you ever want to see if an Artist has mayor talent just give them a blank piece of paper and a pencil and just wait and see what will be the final product. So I did that, I Acquired a Drawing from William and the result has phenomenal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plaza de Ponce Drawing
My GOD the Compulsion to every detail is out of this world, even the dove in the drawing look so real that one may think you are being teleported to that exact location in time where this was drawned. Continue reading William Maldonado The Modern Old Master→
To many Marta Traba was consider one of the best art critics in latin america, but to Puerto Rico she was more than just a simple critic, In my opinion one of the driving force that made Puerto Rico Art blossom in the 70. Why do I say this? Puerto Rico was in a transitional period where most painters where stuck between what was called ” Costumbrismo”, and thanks to positive and negative feedback from Traba to the art community, Puerto Rico started Producing what I consider the greatest decade of Modern Puertorrican Art, Take for Example Francisco Rodon painting of Luis Munoz Marin, Julio Rosado del Valle Abstract Expressionist painting and Myrna Baez Works. Not many people know this information but the best work in Rodon case was consider a project called “Personajes” which started in 1971 and Needless to say his First painting wasn’t Luis Munoz Marin, It was Marta Traba a 73 by 50 canvas painting started in 1971 and finished in 1972, Its remarkable to think that he selected her for his first painting on the Personajes Serie. Its sad to say that the the First painting of his greatest series isn’t in a Puerto Rico Collection or in a Puerto Rican Museum instead is Located in Cali, Colombia at the ” Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, But The Picture in this blog Is a Monotype Work which was painted By Francisco Rodon in 2009 which is Located in Puerto Rico Territory.
By Joey Medrano
A couple Picture of Francisco Rodon painting the Monotype of the Marta Traba.
Once in a while you find a Rare Talent in the World of Art to me is called Carlitos but to others he’s called Carlos Santiago Know who is Carlos Santiago? Well word are hard to express his genius to me I consider him an Abstract Expresionist painter with a strong influence of non other than Julio Rosado del Valle. It is needless to say his education which is compose by a Bachelor and a Master in Art with a 2 years studies experience in Paris plus one of the greatest mentor Alfonso Arana, His paint its the expression of a dark radiant color structure Composition. Now!!! What is the quality that bring my attention to his painting? Diversity, I haven’t seen a Artist who has so many diferent themes but maintaining the same patterns of composition using black color. He’s best works are composed by Las Madonas, Traffics, Flowers, Monotypes and Many More!!!
Many people that are starting collection ask me on which artist they should invest, And I always give them the Same Answear Carlitos. Once they see his work the rest is history, and I think that this is part of the magic on his paintings. Most of his painting are in Large Format while He also works small size sculpture with compositional similarity to his painting.
La Niñera La Negra 36 by 48 oil on canvas
Impresive painting depicting a Accident from an upper view Point Black and Blue bring the beauty of this painting.
Florero 36 by 48. Oil on Canvas Simple but with a powerful black statement
“Florero” is one of his First works on the composition of flower vases and You can see clearly that this kind of work has a magical sense to it, when you start visualizing dark tone with the fusion of all the 4 types of blues selected by me for this piece, the final result was magnificent. This is Why I consider Time is Favoring Carlos Santiago because with the pass of time his work have mature into monumental masterpieces that in a near future we will “ahhh” in the presence of the Them. In my opinion Carlos Santiago will surely become the next Rosado del Valle of our Generation here in Puerto Rico.
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