JaZzArt en València

SEPTEMBER They picked up the lounge chairs.They closed up the bar.They took down the names of the singer, the dancer,and the gypsy, the one with the magic guitar. The sand is now empty,umbrellas are packed,the dancers have left.The sun?Not as hot as it was back in August,when Flamenco nights were hot and fluid,with music flying

#poem, “September”

And I am also known as Francisco Bravo Cabrera… Well…an artist creates a painting, a sculpture; a composer a song or a symphony, and perhaps many tunes in between; a choreographer creates a ballet, a modern or jazz dance. But I am a painter. Although I did create…back in 1997…my “greatest” work, I call him

I am Bodo Vespaciano…

Abstract art? Really? Well…

I painted the above and then photographed it and “dealt” with it digitally to convert it into an NFT (Non-Fungible-Token). I call it the “Bluester”, because there is a blue rooster in the painting…

So, is it abstract? Being that most of the painting is created with the pure power of colour, I would say yes it is.

Abstract art is not just random colours, lines, drippings or scribbling. Abstract art contains the same problems as figurative. The most difficult aspect of abstract art is that the reference is internal, within the mind’s eye of the artist.

Abstract art has to follow the same rules as figurative. The artist must search, investigate and plan the colour, the composition and even the “style”, as there are differences…

Let me know what you think, especially if you are an abstract artist.

Cheers…

Fue en Miami en el 2017 y me dediqué a pintar el blanco y negro todo el año y ahora os muestro algunos de los dibujos que resultaron de tal esfuerzo. Ya muchos se han vendido (contactar “By Guloshka” representante, guloshka404@gmail.com) pero quedan… +++ It was in Miami, 2017, and I dedicated myself to painting

#art, En la cabeza de Bodo – In Bodo’s Head…

#poem, “The Delicious Essence of You” Now on Masticadores USA!

Thornton Dial (1928–2016) was a “self-taught” artist, (well no one can teach themselves what they do not know, so he must have had some sources of learning to feed off from). This Black North American artist is today known for his powerful mixed-media assemblages with which he explored themes of race, history, social justice, and

#art, Meet North American Artist Thornton Dial

“The moon is one of the many mysteries I don’t think we’re ever meant to solve.” (Francisco Bravo Cabrera) The photo captures the eclipse of the moon, a strange heavenly phenomenon totally unexplained…

Quote of the day…

Well, Lao Tzu might not have said it exactly as in the translation above, but he did say that an excellent soldier is not a furious man. This could also mean that the “accomplished person is not an aggressive person”. In any event it means that one must not confuse anger and violent tendencies from

#art, A Good Soldier is Not an Angry Man…

As you might know, we re-locate during the summer to our place on the Aegean Sea, somewhere travelling between Greece and Türkiye. I personally feel very much at home on either side of this phenomenal sea. And since time here requires lots of work, I comply… Never stop searching as the more you search the

#art, The Summer Paintings of Bodo Vespaciano…

Cheers…