Jose Lopez Vergara - "Fortvna" - May 25-June 11, 2023

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JOSÉ LÓPEZ VERGARA

“Fortvna”

“In my paintings there are many things that can give you an idea of what’s happening. But I never want to make it clear. I like each person to see the work to come up with their own story of what’s happening.”

“I hope that my viewers add their own story to each painting. I want them to feel connected somehow to the pictures. And in case of artists, the best thing I can wish for is that they leave the show feeling inspired to create their own work.”

“Everything in nature, bad or ugly, can be transformed into a beautiful image through the eyes of a true artist. My focus now is to search for an idealized representation of the world—using raw scenes and moments in nature as inspiration and transform them into beautiful pictures.”

José Lopez Vergara was born in Mexico City in 1994 accident that permanently impaired the movement of encouraged to cultivate his interest in drawing and develop years painting murals with spray paint and creating hyper different creative paths, finally his interests led him to eventually guided him to the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, and

After he completed the program at the Angel Academy Long Island, New York. Vergara’s work centers on the current events and universal emotion. He’s influenced finds beauty in the first representations of the human figure medieval paintings. Vergara often uses the backgrounds in a various historical styles to propel the narrative for his methodology and rational thinking, his compositions rely expression. His interest in the silhouette and minimal design many paths for José has been interviewed and featured in the Huffington online journals. His work can be found in private collections permanent collection of the New Salem Museum in Massachusetts. Madrid,

and raised in Madrid, Spain. In 2003 Vergara had an of his right arm. During a long recovery period he was develop his innate artistic abilities. José spent his teenage hyper realistic drawings with colored pencils. Having explored oil painting. His desire to learn traditional techniques Florence, Italy. Notorious realist painters Michael John Angel mentored Vergara from 2016 to 2021.

Academy of Art he went on to study at Grand Central Atelier in search for an idealized representation of everyday life, by art from many cultures of the past and present. He figure and the lack of literal naturalism found in caves and of his paintings to insert landscapes or figurative details his figures. Although his realist technique requires a strict rely on subconscious impulses and demand an abstract design plays a central role in his work and continues to open for exploration.

Huffington Post and Juxtapoz Magazine amongst other renowned collections in Europe, Mexico and the U.S. including the Massachusetts. Jose currently lives and works in his studio in Madrid, Spain.

JOSÉ LÓPEZ VERGARA

“Fortvna”

LÓPEZ VERGARA

“Fortvna”
Linen
x 40”
Golden Hour Oil on
30”

The Beast

Oil on Linen

28” x 37”

Destiny

Oil on Linen

23” x 33”

Silene

Oil on Linen

30” x 22”

The Empress Oil on Linen 29” x 22”

The Guardian Oil on Linen 29” x 16”

Icon

Oil on Linen

24” x 18”

Inferno Oil on Linen 22” x 16”

Oil on Linen 22” x 14”

Sentinel
Innocent Oil on Linen 9” x 13”
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