Raul de la Torre

Poems LXXXVIII - Abstract Mixed Media Original Painting

2019

Experimentation with different materials, textures and techniques in each of his paintings has been a point of discovery and a major part of Raul de la Torre’s artwork. In his Fils I...

Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collaborates with the unexpected to create works that speak to the natures of dynamism and unity. Experimentation with different materials, textures and techniques in each of his paintings has been a point of discovery and a major part of Raul de la Torre’s work. In his Fils I Colors series he attempts to find the third dimension through the use of different materials. This colorful 30-inch high by 24-inch wide original artwork on canvas is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted white and it does not require framing. It is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. The interaction between the artist, gravity, and the paint is important for the final result. A tilting technique permits the paint to be a major architect of the final result, giving it a life of its own. It results in infinite and timeless color combinations. In many cases, the different layers of color each represent a temporary state of mind, time, and even feelings, places and people. Some of them are embroidered forever in our memory turning to form part of our DNA. To represent the firmness and strength of that past the cotton is mixed with the paint in the works to form a unity. Embroidery provides another layer as it creates thick shadows with organic shapes. De la Torre makes horizontal cuts on the canvas and covers these open areas using color matching cotton thread. When combined with light, these shapes create a more dynamic surface and offer different views of the work to various observers. Raul de la Torre was born in Barcelona in 1964 and attended Massana Art School. About the Fils series, de la Torre remarks: “FILS I COLORS is an attempt to find life, movement and parts that are not static, that change in their interaction with the observer. The different combinations of colors represent different emotions and interpretations for each individual interacting with the works.” Raul de la Torre's artworks can be found in the collections of The Four Seasons Abu Dhabi, the Tropicana Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, the Rothschild Family Collection, and varying Hilton properties. His works have been exhibited and collected worldwide. Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Raul de la Torre's original artworks since 2010. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 "Credible Thread", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 "Clarifying Color", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 825 Gallery, West Hollywood, CA 2021 Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2019 Merritt Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2019 Art Project Paia, Maui, Hawaii 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2015 Art Project Paja, Maui, HI 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2015 FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA 2015 Off Ramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2015 Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 LA Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA 2014 Red Dot Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse – Miami, FL 2014 Art Toronto – Artspace Warehouse - Canada 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse - TX 2014 Love Art Fair Toronto – Artspace Warehouse - Canada 2014 AAF New York – Artspace Warehouse - NY 2014 LA Art Fair – Los Angeles, CA 2013 825 Gallery – Out There 2013 - West Hollywood 2013 Bluprint Green Gallery – Modernism - Palm Springs, CA 2013 Gallery Y – Collaboration of Circles and Lines – Los Angeles, CA 2012 825 Gallery – Out There 2012 - West Hollywood, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA 2012 Bruce Lurie Gallery – Los Angeles, CA 2012 Launch – Artpad San Francisco, CA 2012 825 Gallery – GEM 2012- West Hollywood 2012 Launch – Los Angeles Art Show 2012 2012 825 Gallery – Versus – West Hollywood 2011 Artspace Warehouse - Colors – Los Angeles 2011 Venice Art Walk and Auction – Venice Beach, CA 2011 Cobalt Studio – In Stitches – Chicago, IL 2011 Launch – Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Solid Stripes - Los Angeles, CA 2010 825 Gallery - Aurora - West Hollywood, CA 2010 Fresh Paint Gallery - Gathering - Culver City, CA 2010 Jon Frum Art Foundation – The Strongest of the Strange - Los Angeles, CA 2010 825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - West Hollywood 2010 VENICE ART WALK AND AUCTION - Venice Beach, CA 2010 825 GALLERY - GEM 2010 - West Hollywood 2010 GALERIA GERALDES DA SILVA - Colectiva de artistas espanhois - Porto, Portugal 2010 ARENA-1 GALLERY – Santa Monica, CA 2010 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR PURO ARTE - Vigo, Spain 2009 ART VERSUS WALLS - Berlin, Germany 2009 ARENA-1 GALLERY - Santa Monica, CA 2009 GODO GALLERY - Highly Toxic - Glendale, CA 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - EUROPE NOW 2009 ROBERT DANIEL GALLERY - Tacoma, Washington 2009 Curator of the show "Europe meets America", Seyhoun Gallery 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - FREE IRAN – Los Angeles 2009 825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - West Hollywood 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - Los Angeles 2009 EL SEXTO...

Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...

Barcelona artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to the material. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collaborates with the unexpected to create works that speak to the natures of dynamism and unity. Experimentation with different materials, textures, and techniques in each of his paintings has been a point of discovery and a major part of Raul de la Torre’s work. In his Fils I Colors series he attempts to find the third dimension through the use of different materials. The interaction between the artist, gravity, and the paint is important for the final result. A tilting technique permits the paint to be a major architect of the final result, giving it a life of its own. It results in infinite and timeless color combinations. In many cases, the different layers of color each represent a temporary state of mind, time, and even feelings, places, and people. Some of them are embroidered forever in our memory turning to form part of our DNA. To represent the firmness and strength of that past the cotton is mixed with the paint in the works to form a unity. This colorful 40 inch high by 60 inch wide original artwork on canvas is wired and ready to hang. Embroidery provides another layer as it creates thick shadows with organic shapes. De la Torre makes horizontal cuts on the canvas or paper and covers these open areas using color-matching cotton thread. When combined with light, these shapes create a more dynamic surface and offer different views of the work to various observers. The sides of this artwork are painted white and it does not require framing. It is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner as well as on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Raul de la Torre was born in Barcelona in 1964 and attended Massana Art School. About the Fils series, de la Torre remarks: “FILS I COLORS is an attempt to find life, movement, and parts that are not static, that change in their interaction with the observer. The different combinations of colors represent different emotions and interpretations for each individual interacting with the works.” Raul de la Torre's artworks can be found in the collections of The Four Seasons Abu Dhabi, the Tropicana Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, the Rothschild Family Collection, and varying Hilton properties. His works have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including in New York, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Raul de la Torre's original artworks since 2010. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 "Credible Thread", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 "Clarifying Color", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 825 Gallery, West Hollywood, CA 2021 Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2019 Merritt Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2019 Art Project Paia, Maui, Hawaii 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2015 Art Project Paja, Maui, HI 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2015 FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA 2015 Off Ramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2015 Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 LA Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA 2014 Red Dot Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse – Miami, FL 2014 Art Toronto – Artspace Warehouse - Canada 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse - TX 2014 Love Art Fair Toronto – Artspace Warehouse - Canada 2014 AAF New York – Artspace Warehouse - NY 2014 LA Art Fair – Los Angeles, CA 2013 825 Gallery – Out There 2013 - West Hollywood 2013 Bluprint Green Gallery – Modernism - Palm Springs, CA 2013 Gallery Y – Collaboration of Circles and Lines – Los Angeles, CA 2012 825 Gallery – Out There 2012 - West Hollywood, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA 2012 Bruce Lurie Gallery – Los Angeles, CA 2012 Launch – Artpad San Francisco, CA 2012 825 Gallery – GEM 2012- West Hollywood 2012 Launch – Los Angeles Art Show 2012 2012 825 Gallery – Versus – West Hollywood 2011 Artspace Warehouse - Colors – Los Angeles 2011 Venice Art Walk and Auction – Venice Beach, CA 2011 Cobalt Studio – In Stitches – Chicago, IL 2011 Launch – Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Solid Stripes - Los Angeles, CA 2010 825 Gallery - Aurora - West Hollywood, CA 2010 Fresh Paint Gallery - Gathering - Culver City, CA 2010 Jon Frum Art Foundation – The Strongest of the Strange - Los Angeles, CA 2010 825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - West Hollywood 2010 VENICE ART WALK AND AUCTION - Venice Beach, CA 2010 825 GALLERY - GEM 2010 - West Hollywood 2010 GALERIA GERALDES DA SILVA - Colectiva de artistas espanhois - Porto, Portugal 2010 ARENA-1 GALLERY – Santa Monica, CA 2010 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR PURO ARTE - Vigo, Spain 2009 ART VERSUS WALLS - Berlin, Germany 2009 ARENA-1 GALLERY - Santa Monica, CA 2009 GODO GALLERY - Highly Toxic - Glendale, CA 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - EUROPE NOW 2009 ROBERT DANIEL GALLERY - Tacoma, Washington 2009 Curator of the show "Europe meets America", Seyhoun Gallery 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - FREE IRAN – Los Angeles 2009 825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - West Hollywood 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - Los Angeles 2009 EL SEXTO CONTINENTE - Barcelona, Spain 2009 Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2008- Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2007 Bluebird art...

"Poemes CXXXVIII" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Raul de la Torre, with layers of contrasting abstract shapes and colors. De la Torre's signature technique of painstakingly embroidering meticulously-matched asymmetric forms over smooth layers of paint adds texture and delight to each of his pieces. This piece is finished in a silver floater frame with subtle beveling and a dark brown (nearly black) woodgrain effect along the frame’s interior and sides. Pricing includes the pictured frame. Unframed dimensions are 30 x 60 inches. Spanish artist Raul De La Torre creates vibrant abstract mixed media artworks that focus primarily on the color and the material. "Many painters create texture upon their canvases by building layer upon layer of paint; with each layer comes a greater sense of history and dimension within the work. Others using thickening agents to almost sculpt their paint, spreading it thickly upon their work’s surface for a subtle 3D effect. I have chosen a unique route to enrich my acrylic paintings with texture: embroidery. I first choose the colors I want to incorporate in the palette of the work I’m about to embark upon. To me, the colors represent people, moments or feelings. I paint with acrylic in various blocks of color interacting with one another, evolving a pattern upon the canvas. Sometimes I contain the paint within a clean border, other times I let the blocks of color drip down the canvas or paper. Next, I begin the process of embroidery. I make horizontal cuts on the canvas or paper and covers these open areas using cotton thread. This process of embroidering on canvas or paper adds both intrigue and a sense of depth to each unique work. My most recent body of works reflects a series of poems by a well known poet from Catalonia, my home country. An homage to both the poet and the creative process, my technique of embroidery is heartfelt exploration. Just as a poet builds words to form metaphor or meaning, I build texture through embroidery to form depth and character." POEMES Series The starting point and inspiration of Poèmes is a series of verses from the Catalan poet Miquel Marti i Pol - poems that reflect loss but not always sadness. The color is used as a code to represent times, places, and people left behind. Some of them are embroidered forever in our memory, turning to form part of our DNA. To represent the firmness and strength of that past, the cotton is mixed with the paint in the works to form a unity. "For the series POEMES, I have been using different poets as inspiration. The initial inspiration for the first works were poems by one of my favorite poets, Miquel Marti i Pol. Other favorites are Benjamin Fondane, Seamus Heaney...

" The work resists framing in concepts, it overflows the contours and borders of the rational. It is through the presence of color, combined with an abstraction at times with express...

"Poemes CXXVIII" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Raul de la Torre, with layers of contrasting abstract shapes and colors. De la Torre's signature technique of painstakingly embroidering meticulously-matched asymmetric forms over smooth layers of paint adds texture and delight to each of his pieces. This piece is finished in a silver floater frame with subtle beveling and a dark brown (nearly black) woodgrain effect along the frame’s interior and sides. Pricing includes the pictured frame. Unframed dimensions are 30 x 60 inches. Spanish artist Raul De La Torre creates vibrant abstract mixed media artworks that focus primarily on the color and the material. "Many painters create texture upon their canvases by building layer upon layer of paint; with each layer comes a greater sense of history and dimension within the work. Others using thickening agents to almost sculpt their paint, spreading it thickly upon their work’s surface for a subtle 3D effect. I have chosen a unique route to enrich my acrylic paintings with texture: embroidery. I first choose the colors I want to incorporate in the palette of the work I’m about to embark upon. To me, the colors represent people, moments or feelings. I paint with acrylic in various blocks of color interacting with one another, evolving a pattern upon the canvas. Sometimes I contain the paint within a clean border, other times I let the blocks of color drip down the canvas or paper. Next, I begin the process of embroidery. I make horizontal cuts on the canvas or paper and covers these open areas using cotton thread. This process of embroidering on canvas or paper adds both intrigue and a sense of depth to each unique work. My most recent body of works reflects a series of poems by a well known poet from Catalonia, my home country. An homage to both the poet and the creative process, my technique of embroidery is heartfelt exploration. Just as a poet builds words to form metaphor or meaning, I build texture through embroidery to form depth and character." POEMES Series The starting point and inspiration of Poèmes is a series of verses from the Catalan poet Miquel Marti i Pol - poems that reflect loss but not always sadness. The color is used as a code to represent times, places, and people left behind. Some of them are embroidered forever in our memory, turning to form part of our DNA. To represent the firmness and strength of that past, the cotton is mixed with the paint in the works to form a unity. "For the series POEMES, I have been using different poets as inspiration. The initial inspiration for the first works were poems by one of my favorite poets, Miquel Marti i Pol. Other favorites are Benjamin Fondane, Seamus Heaney...

The process of creating a painting leaves a series of created elements and randomly they become the starting point for the next piece. It is a process of adding and removing; always ...