Life, force. Dypthic

Text: Extract.
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy which is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all times, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost…”
Author: Martha Graham.

This artwork forms part of the Museum of International Calligraphy in Moscow, Russia.

60 x 100 cm.

Watercolor on Magnani Bianca paper. folded pen and brushes.

Year: 2010

Divine Dissatisfaction

from The Life and Work of Martha Graham:
“No artist is ever pleased... there is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
from The Life and Work of Martha Graham

40 x 100 cm.

Watercolor on Magnani Bianca paper.

Year: 2010

Dissatisfaction

from The Life and Work of Martha Graham:
“No artist is ever pleased... there is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
from The Life and Work of Martha Graham

This artwork will form part of the Hans-Joachim Burgert ´s collection of calligraphy in the Akademie der Künst in Berlin, Germany.

In 2010 I was invited by Thomas Ingmire, famous calligrapher and advisor to contribute to the Hans-Joachim Burgert ´s collection of calligraphy instituted at the Akademie der Künst in Berlin. In his words:
“Part of my responsibility has been to recommend and invite accomplished artists to contribute works to the collection. The body of work that has already been assembled is amazing with over 1000 works. And the Akademie, having undergone a recent restoration, is a prominent modern architectural building just adjacent to the Brandenburg gate. The collection is growing slowly, but I believe it is only a matter of time before it will become one of the most significant calligraphy collections in the world”. Thomas Ingmire.

To know more about this project check the link below:
http://projekte.adk.de/p/kalligraphie/kgraph.htm

Or read the article in Letter Arts Review, Vol 24, No 3. Hans Joachim Burgert & The Berlin Calligraphy Collection by Benno Aumann.

20 x 76 cm.

Watercolor on Magnani Bianca paper. Folded pen and brushes.

Year: 2010

Sanity II

Original text in english:
“In art lies my sanity!”
Sandra R. Wagner

20 x 60 cm.

Watercolours and walnut ink on Arches paper.

Year: 2010

Shadow of a cherry tree

Original text in Spanish by Marina Soria. Translated text:
“Her mind was empty, her senses attentive, her breath rythmic.
She lay on her back over the green carpet. Light slightly filtered through the cherry tree leaves.
Like in an impressionist painting, the sky and the green interlaced. Her silk kimono caressed her legs and the drawings, those which she had carefully embroided, started rising from the fabric to float in a secret dance over her motionless body.
A sound of water running could be heard from afar like a monotonous music, and the smell from the grass, together with the sweet tatami cherry, drove her to another world.
At this time, or centuries before, two women interweave the same dreams underneath the shadow of the same cherry tree.”

Watercolour and walnut ink. Japanese brush and English nib on Arches paper.

Year: 2008

Green and black

Text in spanish by Octavio Paz: “In love with silent the poet has anything else to do but speak.”

17 x 53 cm.

Sumi and chalk pastel son Kimberly paper.

Year: 2008

Black and violet

17 x 53 cm.

Bleach and chalk pastel on Kimberly paper.

Year: 2008

If, Dypthic

34 x 50 cm.

Sumi, gouache and chalk pastel on Rives BFK paper.

Year: 2008

Exercise #1

40 x 65 cm.

Gouaches, walnut ink, bleach, pastels on Arches paper.

Year: 2004

Exercise #2

40 x 65 cm.

Gouaches, walnut ink and pastels on Arches paper.

Year: 2004

Exercise #3

40 x 65 cm.

Gouaches, walnut ink on paper.

Year: 2004

Exercise #4

40 x 65 cm.

Gouaches and gesso on Arches paper.

Private collection.

Year: 2004

Palindrome

“The priest gave the vixen some rice.”

76 x 29 cm.

Gouache and sumie on Arches Text Wove. Palindrome tickets.

Year: 2007

Diptych 1

76 x 29 cm.

Sumie and pastels on Arches paper.

Year: 2007

Diptych 2

76 x 29 cm.

Sumie and pastels on Arches paper.

Private collection.

Year: 2007

Zen

“Praying is like an arrow aiming at God's ear.” G. Meyrink, The Angel on the sunset window.
“Life and death are, deep down, the same thing and belong to the same level of destiny”. Eugen Herrigel, Zen in archery.

76 x 29 cm. each

Watercolours, walnut ink, and gold layers. Japanese brushes, folded and cola pen.

Private collection.

Year: 2007

The Arabian Nights

Triptych, 23.5 x 43.5 cm. each.

Quill pens, brushes, gouache and transfer on Dimagraf paper.

Private collection.

Published on LAR 2004 and Novum, Germany.

Year: 2002

The essential is invisible to the eye

“Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in the entire world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, And I will give you a secret as a present.” “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that you can see rightly, What is essential is invisible to the eye.” ”It is the time you have devoted to your rose That makes your rose so important.” ”Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox But you must not forget it. You become responsible for ever, For what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose...” El Principito. Antoine de Saint Exúpery.
The text, which is in the shape of flowers, says: Gustavo and Marina, Mora, Cata and Peky. Love.

32 x 167 cm.

Gouache and walnut ink on Dimagraf parchment paper. Handmade paper and stamps. Japanese brushes, cola pen and quill pens. Gold layers.

Private collection.

Year: 2004

Blue Roses

“" I know somewhere in the World, there is a unique rose, different from others, one whose gentleness, simplicity and innocence will make my soul, heart and kidneys awaken.”
Antoine de Saint Exupery.

48 x 142 cm.

Walnut ink, gouache on Dimagraf parchment paper. Gold layers, Japanese brushes cola pen and English quill pen. Set up on fabric frame with bamboo reed.

Year: 2004