Proximity by Mendel Samayoa Painting

Mendel Samayoa is a Guatemalan artist whose technique is based on applying colour on cavases with added texture. He uses a combination of colors as inspiration, and then lets "accidents" happen with stokes from the spatula, creating anthropomorphic silhouettes that are a reflection of the subconscious. He always seeks a central story and subplots that complement the themes of each piece. Human figures are created by applying drops of paint which make reference to their souls. For final details he uses sharp stokes to give the illusion of movement and then plasters the piece with grease to make the piece look rich in texture.Mendel Samayoa together with three colleagues in 2004 founded an art collective based on live painting in the streets without sketches or default theme. The four of them would work on a single canvas, overlapping, crisscrossing and mixing strokes to complete one final group masterpiece