As the opening date for “Luminous Shadows” approaches, I find myself reflecting on the journey that led to this body of work. What began as a simple fascination with the quality of Mediterranean light evolved into a deeper investigation of how we perceive — and remember — visual experience.

Between Memory and Observation

These paintings occupy a space between direct observation and remembered experience. Many began as plein air studies that were later developed in the studio, transformed by the inevitable distortions of memory. Colors become more saturated. Compositions simplify. Details that seemed important in the moment dissolve, while the emotional essence of the scene intensifies.

I am interested in this gap between seeing and remembering — the way our minds edit and enhance visual experience, discarding the incidental and amplifying the essential. Every painting in this exhibition is, in some sense, a portrait of attention itself.

Technical Approach

Technically, these works represent a synthesis of my training in traditional oil painting with more contemporary approaches to mark-making and surface. Several of the larger landscapes incorporate palette knife work over brushed underpaintings, creating a tension between smooth passages and heavily textured areas that mirrors the tension between clarity and ambiguity that runs through the entire series.

The palette is deliberately limited: primarily warm earth tones (Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber) set against cool blues and blue-violets. This restricted chromatic range creates a unified visual language across the series while allowing individual works to breathe within their own color logic.

I invite you to experience these paintings in person. Reproductions can only hint at the physical presence of oil paint — its luminosity, its texture, its capacity to hold and reflect light. The exhibition opens May 10th at Galería Marés.