"Bodegon De Vegetales", 30"X40", oleo sobre lienzo.
Esta pintura me tomaban de una a dos semanas terminarla, con gran paciencia, amor y dedicacion. Arreglaba los elementos sobre una mesa o superficie colocando todos los objetos paulatinamente, de mayor a menor tamaño, y comenzaba a pintar aquellos abjetos mas complejos o con mayor numero de detalles. Solo raras veces -como"Composicion Con Naranjas"- los frutos eran seleccionados y dispuestos todos juntos, a la vez, lo que me tomaba menos tiempo terminar la pintura (de uno a tres dias).
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"Still Life Of Vegetables", 30"X40", oil on canvas.
This painting took me a week or two to finish, with great patience, love and dedication. Elements are arranged on a table or surface gradually, placing all objects from largest to smallest, and began to paint those more complex or with largest number of details. Only rarely -except "Composition With Oranges" - the fruits were selected and arranged all together, at once, so it took me less time to finish the painting (one to three days).
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"Frutas" Acrilico sobre tela.
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"Fruits", Acrylic on canvas.
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Los Objetos exoticos eran exigencia de los compradores dominicanos ya que estos bodegones adornarian las paredes de residencias enormes y fastuosas. Detalles orientales, relojes de oro y alguno que otro vaso o plato antiguos europeos eran bien vistos y dan la idea de riqueza material y gran vistosidad. "Bodegon De Objetos", 30X40, acrilico/lienzo.
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Exotic and luxurious objects were Dominicans buyers' requirements since this still life were used to adorn the walls of huge and lavish residences. Oriental details, gold watches and european ancient glasses and plates were well regarded and are related to the idea of material wealth and a very striking glamour. "Still life with Objects", 30X40, acrylic / canvas.
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"La Laguna De Grecia", Oleo Sobre Lienzo, 30X40.
asi se llama esta laguna ubicada en el sector "El Saman", de Ceiba De madera, Moca, Rep. Dom. Fue una experiencia emocionante visitar dicho lugar con dos de mis alumnos mas avanzados (Alberto Caraballo y Federico Velasquez) y pintar la misma escena de diferentes angulos o vistas. Destaque con mayor fuerza la luz caribena que besa e inunda el lugar que la mayor del tiempo es abrigado por las sombras de la abundante vegetacion. El ceibo es el arbol que predomina en esa zona.
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"La Laguna De Grecia", Oil On Canvas, 30X40.
that is the name of this lake in the place called "El Saman", located in Ceiba de Madera, Moca, Dom. Rep. It was an exciting experience to visit this spot with two of my most advanced students (Alberto Caraballo and Federico Velasquez ) and paint the same scene from different angles or views. I highlighted the caribbean light that most of the time floods and kiss the entire place that is nestled in the shadows of the abundant vegetation. The kapok tree is dominant in this area.
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"Composicion De Naranjas", un dia me encontraba con unas ganas terribles de pintar. Y no sabia qué tema hacer, Y pense en unos arboles de naranja que habia en los terrenos de mi casa, No tenian naranjas pero tome un carro y fui directamente a Canca La Piedra (comunidad cercana de donde vivia) a comprar una veintena de ellas. Asi pinte este cuadro, Arme la composicion con una lata de aceite crisol y lo que mas recuerdo es que lo disfrute muchisimo porque por esta epoca experimentaba con el oleo lo cual me tenia fascinado y era un cuadro que hacia para mi que luego vendí a un galerista capitalino
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"Composition Of Oranges", one day I was with a dreadful desire of
painting. And did not know what topic to do, and I thought of a few orange trees planted in the grounds of my house that had not oranges but thus I took a car and went to Canca La Piedra (community near where I lived), directly to buy twenty of them. So I painted this picture. Assembled the composition with a can of oil and what I remember most is that I enjoyed it a lot because by this time I was experimenting with oil paint which had me fascinated and it was a picture made for myself, then sold it to a capital gallerist.
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"Trabajador Campesino", 20X16 inches, oil on canvas. Este cuadro de genero representa a un vecino y viejo amigo que era bien diestro con el "machete"...Pinte el paisaje del natural, al aire libre, a pesar de que no lo parece por su realismo bien detallado. Le inclui la figura del trabajador en mi estudio dias despues. JOSE ANDRES, era su nombre, quien murio hace varios años.
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"Peasant Worker", 20X16 inches, oil on canvas. This genre painting represents a neighbor and old friend of mine who was well skilled with the knife called "Machete" ... I painted natural landscape, plein air, even though it does not seem so cause its very detailed realism. I included the figure of the worker in my studio days later. JOSE ANDRES, was his name, who died several years ago.
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Al pintar este retrato de mi amigo Luis Miguel Garcia, lo hice sin el fondo de la iglesia de la Altagracia (patrona del municipio de San Victor Moca) que esta a su espalda - valga la redundancia- El mismo cliente me pidio expresamente que lo incluyera por ser un lugar muy tradicional y conocido por las fiestas patronales que se celebran alli.
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