Galicia I Painting

Artist's Statement: Probably the most difficult thing is to have the certainty of who one is. Even today it’s an arduous task to define myself, especially when one conjugates several contradictions that break with the idea of having a specific north. In this context, an artist statement is a short-sighted work that may be incomplete. I can commit the injustice of leaving aside aspects, obviating them unconsciously. The Overview effect is a phenomenon that astronauts experience when going out into outer space and observing the planet earth in its entirety; they notice a cognitive change of consciousness in which they see the disappearance of borders and the need to create a global society in peace. Carl Sagan’s thoughts on the Pale Blue Dot photography points in that direction. A group of blind men comes across an elephant and when trying to decipher it’s physical nature, they each touch a different part of the animal. The result is an erroneous notion of the pachyderm to believe that it’s a trunk, legs or a tail. The Indian parable of the blind and the elephant illustrates that subjective vision that can only be overcome when the different points of view manage to reconcile in a great total vision; back to observe the whole picture. Maybe I am still like those blind people, manifesting through my work, different parts of a great whole that I only intuit with glimpses. I keep scrutinizing in my context and in my psyche. I’m still painting, drawing, writing and rambling with the hope that one day I can see the elephant in its entirety.