Chema I Painting

The style. I feel quite interested in the style of European art called Mannerism. In El Greco's paintings we can find the exaggeration of proportions (previously stablished by Renaissance's classicism) resulting in highlight of the ethereal/spiritual aspect of the artworks. As well as the systematic breaking the symmetry of the compositions in order to obtain more dynamic. In my opinion, Mannerism is an artistic response to a moments of crisis in all aspects. Mannerism is not the only source I get inspiration from like Impressionism capturing the instant. Artists like Kokoschka, I am loving the vibration in the strokes, Martin Kippenberger, Velazquez and the light from Picasso. The concept. Portraiture offers me the opportunity to play with the characters in my paintings, to test them before they go into action into the canvas. When I am painting a portrait I am trying to get the whole idea of the person. This could be just an expression. However, in this case I am deliberately changing this concept. I am turning the person in front of me into a character for my play. This means that I am painting following up the narrative of The Wall (Marlen Haushofer). Every character in the paintings are survivals. Is not this what we are with or without a wall? They understand that life as known is over and they are already living a different one. Medium: Oil on 300 gr paper sheet.