DARK ROOM

The Dark Room series, composed of paintings and drawings, arises from the impulse to move beyond appearances and search for what lies beneath the surface.

I begin with dark, textured abstractions, layering liquid media on canvas or paper. At times, I use untreated canvases once placed on the studio floor, already marked by accidental stains and the slow passage of time. After a period of quiet observation, suggested forms begin to emerge—shapes that ask to be revealed. I then respond with dry media (pastels, oil sticks, wax pencils), accompanying their appearance rather than imposing a fixed narrative.

In this process, I see myself less as a creator than as a mediator. The resulting works are inhabited by hybrid, enigmatic beings: fragments of a veiled story that whispers rather than declares. 

Goya as Visionary / Acrylic, spray and watercolor pencil on canvas / 50x50 cm
Der Nihilist / Acrylic, spray and wax crayon on canvas / 100x100 cm
Against all odds / Acrylic, spray and oil stick on canvas / 150x100 cm
Against all odds / detail
Cloudy Clown / Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas 140x100 cm
Il cardinale
Pajarraco / Acrylic, spray, wax crayon and oil pastel on canvas / 180x125 cm
Shubert y la trucha / Acrylic, spray, wax crayon and oil pastel on canvas / 130x100 cm
The Lord of the forest / Acrylic, spray, wax crayon and oil pastel on canvas / 100x50 cm
The mediator / Mix media on canvas / 150x100 cm
The Hunter / Vinyl painting and watercolor pencil on paper / 40x30 cm
Vinyl painting and watercolor pencil on paper / 40x30 cm
Plato's Cave / Vinyl painting and watercolor pencil on paper / 40x30 cm
Vinyl painting and watercolor pencil on paper / 40x30 cm
Bonnie and Clyde and the Runners and the Others / Mix media on canvas / 220x210 cm
Bonnie and Clyde and the Runners and the Others / detail
Bonnie and Clyde and the Runners and the Others / detail
Fumata bianca / Mix media on canvas / 200x130 cm
Fumata bianca / detail
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