Emilio Perez Romero

Cubillas Tower, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel

2021

From my man dreaming ongoing series, I sometimes need to revisit certain themes. Themes that were inspired by my life experiences and characters that have come and gone or passed thr...

A New Color Scheme This oil painting I would like to call ‘Rusalka’ in honor of the latest developments in Ukraine. It is an elaboration of my pastel drawing ‘Free Floating Blue Wave Nude – 10-02-21’. That one was based on a previous graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 19-07-16’. It is one of those rare examples of doing one motif in all three mediums I came to master. Why this specific painting right now, one might ask. Well, after my last painting ‘Risque – 22-02-22’ I was in for something new. I felt I had exhausted that specific color scheme of reds, greens and yellows for the time being. Maybe it was that I also had to overcome some challenges on a level of color saturation. That is why I wanted to refrain from using reds this time and use to a new color scheme. Perhaps I wanted something cooler, more mysterious. All Hell Broke Loose Then all hell broke loose and the Russian-Ukrainian war started. Nevertheless did I have the color blue in my head for weeks now. Strange and how great our subconsciousness seems to work. The blue and yellow in the pastel may have reminded me to the Ukrainian flag somehow. The theme doesn’t have to do anything with the current war started by Russia at first sight. Then I remembered some of these Slavic folklore tales, stacked with goddess, nymphs and nixes. There was this thing about mythical mermaids. I guess they are present in many legends all over the world but a specific one I recalled: Rusalka. The Ukrainian tale talks about a young women that drowned in a river or lake and came to haunt it. She is not necessarily malevolent but you’d better be aware when you put your foot in the water as a young Russian soldier. How Blue Can you Get? Apart from the politican and mythical aspects I used cooler...

Here is a large oil painting in celebration of African juju which is a kind of voodoo. Wikipedia explains Juju so you’ll be prepared to talk about it with your guests: “Juj...

The organic shapes which resulted from my first improvisations on the canvas formed into a conglomeration which reminded me of the audience at an event of some undetermined nature. :...

Prestudy in Graphite Surely it is time to pay homage to Eugène Durieu, especially his photograph of a seated female nude. First I made a study in graphite pencil last year. By cl...

A Formal Introduction For this graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 08-06-23’ I used the same model as in the previous one. It’s time to introduce her to you. Online she li...

Armando Barrios Composición XXVI , 1955 Oil on canvas 110 x 66 cm 43.3 x 25.9 in. The work is registered under No. 254, in the General Catalog (1930 - 1999) La Pintura Como Razón de Ser, edited by Armando Barrios Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, 2005. " Armando Barrios was born in Caracas on August 21, 1920. Son of Serapio Barrios and Carmen Rodríguez de Barrios, both of Spanish origin. Since his adolescence he developed a great love for the arts, so from the age of 12 he was already studying at the School of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in Caracas. His searches in the artistic field were initially directed towards the study of the Impressionist and Cubist schools...

An exceptional cubist oil painting by Arna Brittin. The painting retains its original frame, and was exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art Annual Exhibition in 1927. The Si...

Beraud continues his exploration of the neo-Cubist landscape that is derived from his extensive travels in Asia and Africa. Beraud both reveres and celebrates the turn-of-the-century...

Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Picassian surrealist figure - Oil on tablex. Oil measures 50x40 cm. Frame size 65x55 cm. The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo...

Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Rio - Oil panel Oil measurements 55x40 cm. Frame measurements 63x548cm. The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes fro...

Impressive post-cubist and colorist still life oil on board painting by A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century). Colorist painting is characterized by intense color use, which becomes the...