tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21174991975052324422011-11-19T03:03:01.733-08:00Joan Silvestre Batallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613493599011861176noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117499197505232442.post-40735872664748409152008-05-02T09:20:00.000-07:002008-05-24T13:44:19.381-07:00These are some of the original art works that I have created along my career as an artist, 1993-2008. Many of them belong to private collections nowadays. I'll be very grateful to receive any comments or questions. I accept to sell online or to do customized orders as well.<br />Thanks for visiting my page.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2117499197505232442-4073587266474840915?l=silvestrebataller.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joan Silvestre Batallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613493599011861176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117499197505232442.post-77491994252198138492008-05-02T07:27:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:58:17.076-08:00I focused my works on views of spanish gardens with effects of sunlight. Almost all of them were done with soft pastels on paper. Realistic-Impressionist, clean and vivid colours. Greys and browns were very rarely used, according with the theory of the french impressionist painters.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCs_9BIZHFI/AAAAAAAAAAw/qY-jS0Q6ceE/s1600-h/pintjardines30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCs_9BIZHFI/AAAAAAAAAAw/qY-jS0Q6ceE/s320/pintjardines30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200320512237575250" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The white stone maiden"</span>, 1994. Pastel on paper. 50x70 cm (20x27")<br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtF4RIZHGI/AAAAAAAAAA4/XqjN1jzhsyQ/s1600-h/pintjardines8b+copia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtF4RIZHGI/AAAAAAAAAA4/XqjN1jzhsyQ/s320/pintjardines8b+copia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200327027702963298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >"Last lights, Monforte Garden, València"</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >, 1993-95. Pastel on paper. 90x120 cm (35x47")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtNGRIZHHI/AAAAAAAAABA/5B0eS2DWLiU/s1600-h/pintjardines34.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtNGRIZHHI/AAAAAAAAABA/5B0eS2DWLiU/s320/pintjardines34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200334964802526322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >"My garden"</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">, 1996. Pastel on paper. 50x60 cm (20x24")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtabxIZHII/AAAAAAAAABI/uI9qVHy_Mus/s1600-h/Sin+t%C3%ADtulo-1+copia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtabxIZHII/AAAAAAAAABI/uI9qVHy_Mus/s320/Sin+t%C3%ADtulo-1+copia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200349627820874882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Garden in a villa"</span>, 1994. Pastel on paper. 50x70 cm (20x27")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtc2BIZHJI/AAAAAAAAABQ/hS8KpQalDfM/s1600-h/pintjardines35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SCtc2BIZHJI/AAAAAAAAABQ/hS8KpQalDfM/s320/pintjardines35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200352277815696530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Garden"</span>, 1996. Pastel on paper. 50x60 cm (20x24")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC4ROxIZHLI/AAAAAAAAABg/vbNdOFjQ8QU/s1600-h/estany.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC4ROxIZHLI/AAAAAAAAABg/vbNdOFjQ8QU/s320/estany.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201113565063879858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The pond"</span>, 1994. Pastel on paper. 35x50 cm (14x20")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC4SxxIZHMI/AAAAAAAAABo/OKC0j4-Ah68/s1600-h/pintjardines28.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC4SxxIZHMI/AAAAAAAAABo/OKC0j4-Ah68/s320/pintjardines28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201115265870929090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Forgotten corner"</span>, 1994. Pastel on paper.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2117499197505232442-7749199425219813849?l=silvestrebataller.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joan Silvestre Batallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613493599011861176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117499197505232442.post-48476949820412798632008-04-16T16:40:00.000-07:002011-10-12T12:44:17.227-07:00The 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”.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">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…</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC6OBxIZHPI/AAAAAAAAACA/q_bNlntfGwY/s1600-h/02-013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC6OBxIZHPI/AAAAAAAAACA/q_bNlntfGwY/s400/02-013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201250780679052530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Blocks of apartments"</span>, 2002. Acrylic and pastel on paper. 83x46 cm (33x18")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span></div> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC6WlBIZHQI/AAAAAAAAACI/_zeWo9EyrWk/s1600-h/vesprehivern.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC6WlBIZHQI/AAAAAAAAACI/_zeWo9EyrWk/s400/vesprehivern.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201260182362463490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Winter evening, Benicàssim beach"</span>, 2001. Pastel on paper. 19x49 cm (7.5x19")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC86VhIZHTI/AAAAAAAAACg/zp_6kdbaah4/s1600-h/neusgener.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC86VhIZHTI/AAAAAAAAACg/zp_6kdbaah4/s400/neusgener.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201440235981446450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"January snow"</span>, 1998. Pastel on paper. 16x49 cm (6.3x19")</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC_JiBIZHZI/AAAAAAAAADQ/VHQmtTzA0ZE/s1600-h/capvesvz1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC_JiBIZHZI/AAAAAAAAADQ/VHQmtTzA0ZE/s320/capvesvz1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201597680892583314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"La Salute, Venice"</span>, 2001. Acrylic and pastel on paper. 13x10 cm (5x4")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC_hyBIZHbI/AAAAAAAAADg/UW1BjR7hnac/s1600-h/sangiorgio+vz1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC_hyBIZHbI/AAAAAAAAADg/UW1BjR7hnac/s320/sangiorgio+vz1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201624344049556914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"San Giorgio, Venice"</span>, 2003. Oil on canvas. 60x63 cm (24x25")<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC_0NxIZHgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/GWU5SmyBRjM/s1600-h/01-007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SC_0NxIZHgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/GWU5SmyBRjM/s400/01-007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201644612000226818" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Venice, nocturnal view"</span>, 2002. Acrylic and pastel on paper. 25x69 cm (10x27")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDANwBIZHhI/AAAAAAAAAEI/w39IvWIstK0/s1600-h/capvesvz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDANwBIZHhI/AAAAAAAAAEI/w39IvWIstK0/s400/capvesvz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201672688201440786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Sunset, Venice"</span>, 2003. Oil on paper. 17x31 cm (6.7x12")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDATLxIZHiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/c_sH0F-bCc0/s1600-h/01-011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDATLxIZHiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/c_sH0F-bCc0/s400/01-011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201678662500949538" border="0" /></a></div> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Copenhagen, reflections on a channel"</span>, 2002. Pastel on paper. 46x89 cm (18x35")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDAnhhIZHjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/i5m3Yw6kj14/s1600-h/02-019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDAnhhIZHjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/i5m3Yw6kj14/s400/02-019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201701026395659826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"La Salute, Venice"</span>, 2002. Acrylic and oil on board. 100x35 cm (39x14")<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDB32RIZHlI/AAAAAAAAAEo/5dUiljgjwMc/s1600-h/citylights-01-20x20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDB32RIZHlI/AAAAAAAAAEo/5dUiljgjwMc/s320/citylights-01-20x20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201789343808167506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"City lights"</span>, 2001. Pastel on paper. 20x20 cm (8x8")<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyV5jCYsDP8/TpXrR8uZM-I/AAAAAAAAAfg/E1N5GLyfYFM/s1600/nightswimmers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 262px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyV5jCYsDP8/TpXrR8uZM-I/AAAAAAAAAfg/E1N5GLyfYFM/s400/nightswimmers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662690800079287266" border="0" /></a></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >"Nightswimmers"</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">, 2008. Pastel on paper</span><br /></span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2117499197505232442-4847694982041279863?l=silvestrebataller.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joan Silvestre Batallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613493599011861176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117499197505232442.post-52132119998434899902008-04-15T01:28:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:58:21.061-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDku9HQ7NqI/AAAAAAAAAHE/PHX_ivnK2ps/s1600-h/fotos+499.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w5fhImsb0n0/SDku9HQ7NqI/AAAAAAAAAHE/PHX_ivnK2ps/s400/fotos+499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204242471860254370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2117499197505232442-5213211999843489990?l=silvestrebataller.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joan Silvestre Batallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613493599011861176noreply@blogger.com