JaZzArt en València

The image above is the framed print of this original work of «Art Digital» that I have just included in my Pixel gallery, but there are more ways you can have this print hanging on your wall… Pixels handles the entire transaction and ships to you quickly.

Choose original art as gifts this holiday season and if you want to find something good, different and still very much original, check out my fine art prints at Pixels/Fine Art America. I have selected several of the images of my original work and have allowed this company to convert them into high quality fine art prints in many forms and on many items. They are beautiful and quite affordable. Check out my gallery at Pixels here.

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What is a memory if not a dream formed from the stones of life,

the distilled spirit of the will that pushes me forward and towards the summit,

towards the sun…

The sound that crosses my lips becomes the voice of my nostalgia,

the silence, rhythm, the beat is of my thoughts that try to find you…

But in darkness memories lose their hues, their shades, their meaning,

as their power to evoke the love that once raced down the highway of forever

has been lost to a nostalgia

that transforms each step I take,

and recreates each memory

with events that I can’t recall ever occurred.  

The words that my voice now carries are the bones of my nostalgia,

the skin has been ripped quite off in my quest to try to find you…

But in the summit light surrounds the weary traveller,

and on the clouds dance the colours, the hues, the shades

that were ripped from my nostalgia,

and they transform each thought that I now ponder upon,

and caress each memory with the gentle touch

of forgetfulness…

There’s nothing worse than nostalgia for something that never occurred…

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 24 NOV 2023, Valencia, Spain

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Gracias…

Cheers…

I have some questions for all who wish to reply…

1. Does art mix with politics?
2. Should artists get involved with politics?
3. Can art, (not that which is made for political propaganda) influence others politically or socially?
4. If you thought that artists should not get involved with politics, can you tell me who should?
5. If you thought that art does not mix with politics, can you tell me what does mix with politics and what mixes with art?

I look forward to your opinions, and please, always remember that the only thing we proffer is opinions, there are very few facts out there.

Cheers…

* This painting depicts the artist (I thought about doing a portrait of Francisco Goya) in a pensive mood, seemingly floating on the blue waters of a «creative» sea, while the «muse» looks from the side, taking on a rather sinister appearance…

Queridos amigos y suscriptores, una vez más me tendré que ausentar de esta trinchera donde peleamos por el arte, por la música y por la poesía. Esta vez participo, junto a otros artistas, en una exposición en mi querida ciudad de Barcelona. Os invito a Sky Gallery Arts en la Ciudad Condal, especialmente el 14 de diciembre a las 1900 horas cuando celebramos la inauguración de esta exposición navideña. No participaré en el blog como de costumbre, pero os he dejado entradas preparadas que se transmitirán todos los días cuando no este aquí. Espero que no perdáis la costumbre de pasar por VALENCIARTIST…

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Dear friends and subscribers, once again I will have to be absent from this battlefield where we fight for art, music, and poetry. This time, I am participating, along with other artists, in an exhibition in my beloved city of Barcelona. I invite you to Sky Gallery Arts in the Condal City, especially on December 14th at 7:00 PM when we celebrate the opening of this Christmas exhibition. I will not be actively blogging as usual, but I have prepared posts that will be published every day when I am not here. I hope you don’t lose the habit of visiting VALENCIARTIST...

GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS – CHEERS

(28 de noviembre de 2023, escuchando a The Foundations) A veces me parece que el mundo se ha quedado totalmente estancado y de mala manera. Ya no se …

Cambio de guardia by Francisco Bravo Cabrera

Here is the metal print of this, one of my surreal-expressionist Jazz Art images. It is now available, through Fine Art America, as a fine art print, affordable and quite nice. There are other types of prints and other things as well. Check out my gallery at Fine Art America. This company handles the sale and quickly ships to you.

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTS:

Cheers…

Todas las imágenes estas reflejan partes de cuadros, pero por si solas se convierten en composiciones completas…

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All of these images reflect parts of paintings, but by themselves they turn into complete compositions…

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTA/PRESESNTS:

Gracias…

Cheers…

I always thought that artists (painters and sculptors) only had to display their works and with that they said it all. However, as you can see, here we are talking away, theorising and explaining. Art History (as an academic course) has become too long and too coarse. It collects, like a rubbish bag, everything that they throw into it. Styles of art are mostly defined by critics, «professors,» and journalists supposedly specialised in writing about art. I will tell you what I think of each of those groups.

First the art critics. To this group I give very little value and very little time. I can do without them and I wipe my nose with their critiques. We all know how to judge and how to determine what we like or don’t like, so we do not need a parrot to tell us what is good or not or to guide us. Second, the supposed teachers or professors. Well, this group is seemingly very important because they are to teach art students and guide them towards becoming artists. But they lose all their value when, in place of teaching the fundamentals, they serve as advocates for their own favourite style or artists. This creates students that really do not know much about making art, losing sight of the fundamentals of painting, sculpture, lithography or ceramics.

The art journalists, or those who write about art. Being those that tell us about openings, dates, times, the artist or artists involved. They are good for that, to help us fill in dates in our calendars to go see an exhibition, or not. But they go further, they promote those they like, or those that seem to be in the present «vanguard» and ignore the rest like the plague. Most of these «journalists» are frustrated or failed artists themselves. They probably failed because they did not work hard enough or dedicate enough time. Art requires hard work, and talent is only developed through sweat, effort and time. One is not born with talent, one develops it if one is interested in what they are doing. So I really do not have many good things to say about those who only write about those in the current mix (or those who pay them). Great journalism I’d say!

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTS:

Cheers…

In police circles, in criminal law and in society the term has always been DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and it has always been defined as violence perpetrated by someone known to the victim, regardless of his/her relationship to the victim. Brother on brother, Mother on children, spouse on spouse, even friends and neighbours would fall into the definition of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Domestic violence is what the name describes. I spent thirty years dealing with this during my time in the Miami-Dade Police Department.

But now these anti-male, demasculinisers of the new and modern feminist (which in no way has anything to do with real feminism) have come up with a real discriminating, man-hating term called «gender violence.» With this they imply that «something» in the male gender makes them violent towards women! Incredible! And what is worse, in some countries, especially in the European Union, they have actually made laws citing gender violence!

The reality is that all humans (male and female, and as far as I know there are only two genders) are prone to violence. That is why now in so many countries men and women go to war as combatant soldiers. So there is no validity, at least not in Biology, to this idea that the male gender is prone to violence towards the female gender. Many more mothers murder their children than do fathers.

So get over it! Enough with this stupid idea of political correctness! Things should be correct and peace should reign supreme among men (and men means women too) and violence should end, now!

CHEERS – CHEERS – CHEERS