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| “Best of Friends,” Oil on Canvas by Walter Redondo, One time offer at $7,500 |
GUEST BLOG / By Artist Walter
Redondo—I started
drawing and painting at a very early age, and I am a self-taught artist. My
strongest artistic influence has come from the late Joan Mitchell. When I first
saw her work over 25 years ago, I was literally staggered by the power and
emotion in her paintings.
I remember
standing there in front of a huge canvas, feeling that her imagery could
transport a person to a place of such deep involvement that they would be
completely swept away by the sheer emotion of it. It’s difficult to put
accurately in words, but I felt that in her work I was being allowed to see the
truest expression of her heart and soul. That visual experience has
tremendously affected my approach to making art. In each artwork that I create,
whether it is a painting, mixed media, or sculpture, I am putting it all out
there, opening my heart.
I am
determined to let my intuition lead, willing to cede all control, to just let
what is inside me flow out.
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| San Diego's Walter Redondo |
My style is
always in a process of incremental evolution. I’m a very tactile, visual
learner, and I enjoy the experience of seeing and doing. I observe other
artists, studying how they have reached successful resolutions. Over the years,
I have explored Willem DeKooning’s color palette, Robert Motherwell’s spatial
sense, and Cy Twombly’s use of calligraphic line and marking. These
observations continue to help make me a better painter.
My paintings
are fueled by the expression of things that come to me through life’s unseen
experiences. Every placement of color, or covering of another color, affects
and shapes the painting. I love the process of squeezing paint from the tubes,
mixing them together and watching the colors evolve and complement each other.
The mixing
of color while the oil is still wet on the canvas, the unfolding of the
imagery, represents a singular journey for me. What is in the process, what has
gone into the mixing, is the very essence of how life and choices create the
person.
My paintings
speak not only with color, but with the passion and substance of living with
purpose.
Walter Redondo’s work is represented
by San Diego gallery Alexander Salazar Fine Art, 225 West Market Street, San
Diego CA 92101.
619.531.8996.
Email: AS@AlexanderSalazarFineArt.com
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| Original New Work by Walter Redondo, $18,000 |
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| “Seeing the way (2013)” by Walter Redondo, $19,500 |
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| “Travels by Day” Oil on Canvas, One time offer at $5,500 |
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“In the Park” Oil on Canvas, One time offer at $7,500 |
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