Taking about good Art is one thing, talking about a good artist is another Thing, But when you talk about a legend in the world of art you can only talk about one artist. FRANCISCO RODON. I know that if you visit any museum in Puerto Rico there is a high probability that you will find his work. The 18th Century belonged to Jose Campeche, while the 19th century belonged to Francisco Oller, and with out any question the 20th century was Francisco Rodon.

Marta Traba wrote intensively about  Puerto Rican Art,  most of it where negative feedback about lots of artist and their works but when She decide to talk about Francisco Rodon Work she only wrote a couple words that read “The Man Who Paints”, since that point on it was obvious that he had her blessing.

Diversity is a good word to use in Rodon case, he’s works include flower, bodegones, murals  and most famous for his Portrait. For me I consider him a Realist Painter with great control of light and color, but again I will write COLOR… Why? Just let me give you a small Example and you again be the judge.

Simply Mind blowing.

I Still Remember the  time I saw this Painting for the first time, so you can Imagine If it had a huge impact over me. I was in a “AHHHHH” Moment, That was the exact  moment when I really understood what is art all about. Which is Finding that Moment in time and space that gives you like a Spank in the face and make you realise that Beauty can be found anywhere at anytime. Many People Evaluate a artist  based on the prices which a pieces have sold, this will no be the case because Everybody in the art world knows those monetary figures of a Rodon Work, Instead Im more impressed in the Process of making the art itself, Most of Rodon works take more than one year to finish a piece which  thats why his Production is so limited and I think is part of his charm.

Lets meet Los Personaje shall we? Let me introduce to you the Most important series of Rodon Work which took almost 20 years to finalize. Marta Traba Was the First made of the serie in 1971

Luis Munoz Marin which to many is Consider his Most important Piece, recently appraised for $1,000,000.00 in accordance of Telemundo 2014 Interview with the artist.

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Talk about rarity in this world and tell me the definition of a Classical in Time. Tell Me More about  this painter that goes by the name of Jaime Rosa. And I will tell you that a young master that surely will Impress you in any moment now. I NEVER liked Baroque painting for me was an old, borring movement until I saw It. What do I mean by It???  It was  a one of the most Impressive painting I have ever seen in my life, which depicted a woman in a red dress which I called it “Mujer del Vestido  Rojo” A simple modern painting with an extremely old dark enviroment normally seen in  works by Peter Paul Rubens which are typical painting from the 16th Century. This Work is clearly depicting a sensual woman staring to the abyss of darkness in a precise but elegant way.

A brief description of his work would be simple and subtle maintaing the integrity in composition of light and darknes with a touch of a NeoBaroque style which can only be seen on his work. Fusing modern art with a touch of classical technique to a canvas which only and example of a contemporary reinterpretation of a modern item in a Diego Velazquez setting could  prove my point like this:

For me This fusion created by Jaime Rosa Is a fresh start and evidence that even the old style movements with a little twist ofm art can give rise to a Impressive array of work that can be appreciated by even the most untrained eye. Making this quality the most powerful weapon to its advantage

In my opinion there are lots of good artist in Puerto Rico but only one artist that I can recall can achive the grade of complexity of such caliber painting and that is why I consider Jaime Rosa one of the greatest new talents in Puerto Rico and one of the smartest investment in any modern Puerto Rican Art, Because is just a matter of time when we will see Rosa’s work hanging in every Puerto Rico Museum.

By Joey Medrano