Monocromos

My compositions inhabit a space where abstraction, geometry, and images of my subjectivity converge. These paintings present a completely new symbolism in my work, with a return to oil painting that led me to leave behind a more youthful, colorful, and gestural image.

Hand in hand with oil, with its slow drying time and creamy consistency, I began exploring with a reduced palette of neutral colors, blues, greens, and grays. This restriction allowed me to focus on composition and the emergence of another image, which gave rise to the Monocromos series.

Untitled 2. 2017
Oil, graphite and charcoal on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0279
Untitled 3. 2017
Oil, graphite, pastel and charcoal on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0280
Untitled 4. 2017
Oil, graphite, pastel and charcoal on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0281
Untitled 6. 2017
Oil, graphite and powder charcoal on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0283
Untitled 9. 2017
Oil, graphite and powder charcoal on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0286
Untitled 10. 2017
Oil, graphite, charcoal and color pencil on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0287
Untitled 12. 2017
Oil, graphite, charcoal, pastel and color pencil on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0289
Untitled 14. 2017
Oil, graphite, charcoal and pastel on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0291
Untitled 15. 2017
Oil, graphite, charcoal and pastel on paper
40.7 x 24 in
Inventory: MG0292

At the beginning, there is always the color from the tube —the deep ultramarine blue or the fiery carmine red— to create the palettes. Then, another color emerges, the dirty, mixed one, forming as a result of the action on the canvas. Using different tools, such as spatulas or rubber combs, I remove some of the still-wet oil paint in certain areas, subtly revealing a dry color layer from the previous one. I’m interested in the vibration that occurs between the colors in dialogue, either by contiguity or by the juxtaposition of layers.

Untitled 3. 2017
Oil on canvas
47.2 x 27.6 in
Inventory: MG0088
Untitled 2. 2018 - 2019
Oil and graphite on canvas
47.2 x 27.6 in
Inventory: MG0087
Untitled 1. 2018 - 2019
Oil and graphite on canvas
46.5 x 29.1 in
Inventory: MG0086
Untitled 5. 2018 - 2019
Oil on canvas
47.2 x 27.6 in
Inventory: MG0090
Untitled 6. 2018 - 2019
Oil on canvas
47.2 x 27.6 in
Inventory: MG0091
Monochrome8. 2018
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 19.7 in
Inventory: MG0100
Monochrome9. 2018
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 19.7 in
Inventory: MG0101
Monochrome10. 2018
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 19.7 in
Inventory: MG0102
Monochrome11. 2018
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 19.7 in
Inventory: MG0103
Monocrhome12. 2018
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 19.7 in
Inventory: MG0104

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