Black rock

This body of work is fundamentally based on the contrast of black and white, to which one or two colors are usually added. The materials used include India ink, acrylic paints, acrylic gesso, and charcoal. The representation is based on the high-contrast graphics provided by charcoal, and the images develop from details that, when stylized, reveal a language based on drawing and formally assume a conceptual distance from the forms from which they originated. The essence of the theme derives from the representation of aspects that stand out in the landscape as notable elements, defining their identity and dependent on how the attention is focused—a process that reflects the observer's path, which ultimately serves as the filter that gives the representation its most evident mark. The work process is based on a wide variety of situations observed outdoors, using a logic of rationalization of natural elements, which later become lines and patches of color that embody the entire process that follows. The challenge is generally posed by what memory has retained, so in this series it is possible to identify concrete situations in the landscape that are later transformed into lines of force and their simplified expression reinforced by charcoal lines. In these cases, it is the graphic structure of the landscape that gains weight over its formal interpretation. This combination of reality with the stylized elements that emerge from the mental synthesis of what was seen defines the quality of the images and becomes the common thread among the works in this series.