Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
A close look at one of Alfredo Roldan’s paintings leads to interesting discoveries. The surface is full of rasps and scrapes, stains, impastos, graffiti and lines. This treatment creates an enormous amount of mini-spots in even small areas of the same color, allowing for endless varieties of contrast, shade and tonality. “I normally start out with a kind of neutral background in an orangey hue and on top of that I draw an initial outline with brownish lines. If the human body is my main theme, I use the face as a key to centre the composition. From the beginning, I have a color scheme in mind but I am always open to change.” The bulk of his work is dedicated to representing the human figure. In doing so, he simplifies reality without diminishing it.
Early 2000s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1970s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s American Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Modern Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Alfredo Roldan Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil