(FIFA World Cup Champions Argentina and Leo Messi holding up the Cup – Photo NPR)
It was an exiting year, one could say the first «normal» year after the pandemic. And although there were many natural disasters all over the world, there were many good things I am sure you will recognise in your own life. I know that the year is still not over and I can only pray and hope that all goes well in the world until we say goodbye to 2022 and greet 23!
Here are a few images that I know you will recognise and enjoy…
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Hanukkah is a remembrance of the time the second Temple was rebuilt and re-dedicated in Yerushalayim back in the 2nd C. before Christ. Today is the second day. The festival lasts eight nights and days. Observance is done by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches, in other words, the Menorah (Hanukkiah). The candle on the upper, or lower branch, the Shammash, is used to light all the others. Each night you light one more.
A very Happy Hanukkah to all Jews and to all who love spirituality, festivities and respect for traditions! May the Light shine for us, in us and around us and may it be useful to us all.
(«Dreamers» Imagen de FBC/Derechos Reservados/Image property of FBC/All Rights Reserved)
El 2022 ha sido el año de la normalidad…bueno si obviamos los desastres naturales ocasionados por el cambio climático…el regreso del turismo, los atascos en las carreteras, aeropuertos y estaciones de trenes, digamos, lo usual. Pero también ha sido un año de gran creatividad artística, al menos para mi. Parece ser que nos hemos despertado de un largo sueño, hemos estirado los brazos y las piernas, el espinazo y el animo y nos hemos puesto a disfrutar otra vez de la vida y los artistas (de todos tipos) a currar…
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The year 2022 is the year of normalcy…well, if we don’t take into account the natural disasters caused by climate change…the return of tourism, crowds in airports, train stations and back-ups in the highways, the normal things. But it has also been a year of resurgence of artistic creativity, at least it has been for me. It seems as if we have awakened from a long dream and we stretched out and got ready to again enjoy life! And artists (of all types) have gone back to work…
(«Carnaval» Imagen propiedad de FBC/Derechos Reservados/Image property of FBC/All Rights Reserved)
Como todos sabemos el 2020 fue el año de la pandemia COVID-19 y el 2021 fue el de la recuperación…más o menos…de libertades y actividades que habían quedado suprimidas, por decreto real. Creo que para los pintores, músicos, escritores et cetera, estos tiempos fueron duros, como fueron para todos, y muchos nos dedicamos a trabajar, agazapados, en nuestros talleres o en nuestros despachos. Eso hice yo y aquí os muestro algunas de los lienzos que pinté en el 2021.
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As we all know 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2021 was the year of recuperating…more or less…our lost freedoms and cancelled activities. Rights that had been taken away from us by Royal Decree (in Spain which is a Kingdom). So many painters, musicians, writers et cetera suffered, as did everyone else. And many decided to hide themselves away and work. That’s what I did and here are some of the paintings I finished in 2021.
(«Fragmentos» – Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)
Algunos estuvieron conmigo unos años, otros volaron muy pronto, pero con todos he aprendido algo, dicho algo, dejado algo…
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Some where with me a few years, others flew away too fast, but with each one I have learned something, said something and left something…
(2019)(2016)(2004)(2020)(2015)(2006)(Derechos Reservados – All Rights Reserved)
Si queréis verlas todas, las que aun tengo y las que ya están en colecciones privadas en tantos paises del mundo, visita:
(Instagram) @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera o @Guloshka que es mi representante. También puedes pedir precios, información o hacer encargos, escríbele a mi representante Guloshka404@gmail.com.
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If you want to see all my work, those that I still have and those which have been sold and are now in so many private collections all around the world, visit us:
(Instagram) @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera or @Guloshka, who is my artist representative. You can also email her for information, prices or commission requests at Guloshka404@gmail.com.