JaZzArt en València

«Strawberry Fields Forever» has always been one of my fave Beatles songs. Why? Simply speaking, it’s a song that kicks bollocks for sure and at the end, when it gets jazzy, freaky and solid, John says, in this magical voice, «I buried Paul.» Doesn’t he? Have you heard it clearly, slowly and loud? Well, if you haven’t take a listen.

The Beatles released «Strawberry Fields Forever» in February 1967. John Lennon wrote the song (of course it is attributed to Lennon/McCartney) thinking of his childhood when he played in a playground called Strawberry Fields, which belonged to the Salvation Army in the outskirts of Liverpoo. Although the song was to be included in the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, it was instead released as a double A sided single with «Penny Lane» and later included in the EP Magical Mystery Tour in the United States.

A curious note that shows how The Beatles were always engaged in the search for an artistic aesthetic in their music is that in «Strawberry Fields Forever,» besides the use of the Mellotron (a primitive synthesiser), George plays a swarmandal, a special type of sitar used in Indian music with a capacity to play many notes. So, there you have it, some of my reasons why this kick arse song is and has always been one of my favourites.

Now for the strange phrase at the end, well, you tell me…

Cheers…

Was Matisse right when he said that a drawing was a painting with less resources? Maybe, and I do agree, there are less resources in a drawing than in a painting, that fact is quite obvious…

I say that a drawing is the essence of art, the beating heart of a drawing. A drawing is…perhaps…en route to becoming a painting, but it need not go totally in that direction. It’s soul carries the spirit of the times as it is a child of its age.

My love of art came from drawing. I want to share a few with you…

Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera

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Gracias…

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This is actually one of my latest paintings, so I’ve decided that it should become a fine art print so that it can be available to any and all who love original art and who would like to share their wall with her. This is the «canvas» print, but Fine Art America, the company I have entrusted with my images, can make different types of prints for you. You choose. They handle the entire transaction and ship quickly. While you are there you may want to check out my gallery at Fine Art America. Check it often as I change the images from time to time.

Fine art prints truly capture the essence and the power of the original, especially if the print is done on canvas or on the quality paper used for the art print, as seen here:

And there is more…

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTS

Cheers…

Feet resting on the silver platter we call moon in the night sky, and head crowned with a million stars as bright as

two sad, lonely eyes that see the world through darkened glass, for this is one whose steps now lead him carefully across the sand

to touch the sea, your home, your form, and you incline your head and smile and in that instant one is born to count and bless the grains of sand that stop the sea.

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera (FBC), 21 MAR 2023, València, España

Nota Bene

The Euro-Ku is a style I have been developing since 02 FEB 2022 and I’ve invented it to honour the traditional Haiku by making it fit precisely into our Western way of thinking. The rules are simple. It is a poem, as that is what a Haiku is, in three verses. However, there is no syllabic count, but they must be coherent and punctuated. Finally the Euro-Ku, and its cousin, the American-Ku, must contain…be accompanied by…an original, unedited photograph or image. That is all.

*Geperudeta is a word in the Valencian language that refers to someone with a bent neck. Lovingly the faithful of València have given their patroness, Our Lady of the Homeless, (Mare de Deu dels desamparats) that nickname because of the head posture of her statue.

Las caras siempre han sido los acordes enharmonicos de mi JaZzArt y de mi surrealismo expresionista.

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Faces have always been the enharmonic chords in my JaZzArt.

Detalles de muchos de mis cuadros…

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Details from many of my paintings…

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Gracias…

Cheers.

Bueno, se puede decir que el 2023 acaba de comenzar, pero ya van los días, y los meses, volando. Estoy utilizando diferentes maneras de llegar a encontrar lo que busco y desarrollando un poco más el «JaZzArt» y el «Surreal-expresionismo.» Pero bueno, esto es ahora, en marzo, quien sabe lo que he de encontrar en septiembre. Además tengo una exposición aquí en la ciudad en octubre…

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Well, it could be said that 2023 has just begun, but the days and the months are flying by… I am using different ways to find what I am looking for and developing further my «JaZzArt» and my «Surreal-Expressionism.» But that’s now, in March, who knows what I will find in September. One more thing, I have a big exhibition here in town in October…

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS PRESENTS

Gracias…

Cheers…

There’s dancing in the street!
The bands are playing!
Run, run, run!
Don’t you miss a single beat,
the breeze is swaying,
the beer is flowing,
the smiles are growing,
the laughter and the cheers!
Oh! What a lovely day to be right here!

Here…
I know, it doesn’t look like home,
or much of a home…
I know,
yes, I’m quite aware,
there’s rubbish everywhere…
But here’s where I’m remembering the things I used to do,
the happy way I sang and danced
when it was me and you…

When it was us who raised our glasses,
when it was us who called the feast,
when you and I,
would celebrate
each day,
each happy day,
each blessed day,
but now they don’t exist.

Yet here I am remembering as I look upon a crowd
of happy people, dancing, singing,
laughing all around…

(Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 20 MAR 2023, València, España)