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HANavarro
(Hugo A Navarro) was born in Santiago, Chile in 1956. At
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am surely a self-taught artist "Even though, some of the greatest artists for my inspiration are, Gerard Ter Borch, Vincent Van Gogh, Wasily Kandinsky, Francisco de Goya, Salvador Dali, Roberto Matta and Jackson Pollock (just to name some of the thousand of artists), I always follow my own way of expression through the paint. Most of the time, it is by experimentation and connection of my poetry with the imagery. It's so important, because every time I paint, there are feelings involved with ideas and concepts such as Natural Disasters, Extinction of Species, Passion and Poetry, War, 'Abstracts Platforms' and 'Gravity'". |
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| "Gravity" It’s the source of "Life" in the Universe And "Painting" It’s the source of the "Abstraction of Gravity" in the canvas. |
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me, there is only one way of painting, and it is how you feel it regardless
of how many techniques one may want to apply (without disregarding what
has been taught in art schools). "Technique" is what will, in
the end, define an artist's stage of development in terms of style and goals. I do experiment with layers of colors and "Texture", using Oil and Acrylic as mixed media with which I express myself through the forms, shapes and shadows. It is then, when my nature comes out.....just me, my pallet knives, brushes and the colors waiting to rest forever on that canvas in a way where passion takes over." - HANavarro |
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“The Universe”, for example, an abstract platform is created
by looking out to the Universe from the Earth with our limited vision.
We may conclude that we do not know what is beyond our capacities. Even
if we search into what we believe may be infinite, we will not understand
what is beyond. Even if we establish different platforms to find a “REAL
PLATFORM” (or as I call it a “Mother Platform”) to explore
and search through the Mystery of the Universe, we can only have Abstract
Platforms of an idea or theory regarding what we cannot define…
Whatever theory it may be, it will always be a theory within a pool of
theories as long as the “Platform of Reality” is missing.
The Universe as such will, therefore, always lay on a Platform of Theory
and not of Reality. GRAVITY (painting #2) In this painting, I understand
gravity as defined without value. This does not mean that we cannot create
a new platform onto this base. "Gravity" it's the source of
"Life" in the Universe and "Painting" it's the source
of the "Abstraction of Gravity" on the canvas. Just
because we cannot measure the “Gravity” of Space, does not
mean that it does not exist. We could even say that it is its own world
within its own universe with their own platforms (0). Why Not? PLATFORM
ZERO!!! BACTERIA (painting #3) The subject matter is painted with the
thought that if we have millions of germs in our mouth, between our teeth,
can we say that they do not exist just because we cannot see them with
the naked eye? Microscopes bring this measure to reality and we can therefore
appreciate other worlds that exist within us…and possibly other
worlds or universes that could exist within the bacteria. Who can say
that a bacteria cannot have a bacteria of its own? My paintings are based
on a theory…an idea that I express through colors. What I establish
on canvas is the harmony of these colors that are represented and defined
by “REALISM” or “ABSTRACTION”. Please feel free
to take my thoughts with you as you explore my paintings. I would also
like to welcome an open dialogue if it is of your interest. HNavarro |
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:Nicole
Parker