1997-2008: Urban views

The necessity of a thematic and stylistic renovation was growing in my interior. My desire was to make a more representative art of our time, within the field of realism. I found an interesting way to follow after having discovered the work of some contemporary painters of the so called “Basque school”.

Some art criticals have described this change as a reaction against my previous work. And the truth is that the plastic and emotive aspects that I explore at this moment are indeed those that are absent in my former paintings: urban subjects in opposition to gardens and nature. Twilights instead of intense morning sunlight. Dense and dark shades in opposition to transparent ones. An extensive use of grays and browns in opposition to the purity of coloring of the previous works. Feelings of intimist melancholy in contrast with the joy of the spring diurnal sunlight…

"Blocks of apartments", 2002. Acrylic and pastel on paper. 83x46 cm (33x18")

"Winter evening, Benicàssim beach", 2001. Pastel on paper. 19x49 cm (7.5x19")






"January snow", 1998. Pastel on paper. 16x49 cm (6.3x19")





"La Salute, Venice", 2001. Acrylic and pastel on paper. 13x10 cm (5x4")

"San Giorgio, Venice", 2003. Oil on canvas. 60x63 cm (24x25")

"Venice, nocturnal view", 2002. Acrylic and pastel on paper. 25x69 cm (10x27")

"Sunset, Venice", 2003. Oil on paper. 17x31 cm (6.7x12")

"Copenhagen, reflections on a channel", 2002. Pastel on paper. 46x89 cm (18x35")






"La Salute, Venice", 2002. Acrylic and oil on board. 100x35 cm (39x14")

"City lights", 2001. Pastel on paper. 20x20 cm (8x8")








"Nightswimmers", 2008. Pastel on paper








"Enlightened Solitude", 2014, Acrylic and Pastel on paper

"Shadowy Valley", Acrylic and Pastel on paper

 "The End Of A Day", 2014, Acrylic and Pastel on paper

"Voramar Beach, Benicàssim". Pastel on paper

"Beach, Benicàssim", 2011. Pastel on paper

"Boulevard", 2023. Pastel on paper

"Misty Day", 2023. Pastel on paper

"Early Morning", 2023. Pastel on paper