#art, Something New at OCS Valencia for 2026…

In general terms I would say that The Summoning Trumpet of Jazz is a striking, emotionally charged piece with a strong sense of rhythm and movement…

The composition, (JazzArt) has many interlocking layers, as a surrealist painting should. There are overlapping profiles, curved forms, faces, instruments, and abstract shapes, compressed into a shallow picture plane. This creates tension and intimacy. And the profiles facing different directions gives a sense of multiple perspectives or voices coexisting at once. As in Jazz.
The trumpet is the composition’s structural axis, as it cuts diagonally through the image and stitches the figures together. Nothing exists in isolation. Each shape bleeds into another. This suggests interconnected identities or shared experience.

Colour, which for my style is fundamental, is one of the most powerful elements here: Primary and secondary colours dominate: (red, yellow, blue, green, purple),. They give energy and immediacy. And the colours are expressive rather than naturalistic. In other words, they reinforce emotional meaning over realism. The warm colours (reds, yellows) push forward, while cooler blues and greens recede. This creates depth, as I do not use traditional perspective. And the red is very important as it appears in faces and hands, suggesting intensity, passion, or sound made visible.

The composition includes multiple faces. Some may appear to be calm, others perhaps melancholic. It is a suggestion within the composition: Inner dialogue, different emotional state, or a collective memory/shared cultural voices.

Then there are the renewal of some of my early trademarks, the swirling decorative lines (especially around the heads). These can be taken to represent: sound waves, thoughts, or spiritual energy. After all, within the surrealistic-expressionist quality of the composition, sound, emotion, and colour merge.

The style of the work aligns with Cubism and Expressionism, but there is much symbolism within this composition. This renders the work totally within my Surreal-Expressionist JazzArt style. I have used folk tradition as well, especially the swirling patterns, but they serve an expressive, narrative purpose rather than a purely formal one.

I would like to think of The Summoning Trumpet of Jazz as being pretty intense and harmonious. It is not chaotic, though it might give that impression. It is orchestrated, as a jazz song for a quintet would be. The different instruments, all ready to improvise and solo, but working as a single musical unit. Art and music unified in a memory of sound and emotion.

The Summoning Trumpet of Jazz calls you to share its energy and emotional depth. The observer can linger and interpret, but not consume rapidly this composition. I am trying to express an experience. The experience of jazz, a live performance filled with the solid unity of the group and the individual brilliance of the soloist.

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