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Midland Gallery
Is proud to offer
Original works by Contemporary
European Artists
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Salvador Caballero
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Salvador Caballero, (1943 - 2006) was one of many self-taught painters of whom it could be said that painting was in his blood. In studying the work and life of Caballero, only one influential predecessor in his history can be cited: his uncle, Vincente del Olmo, a serious painter whom Caballero remembered fondly and studied with for several years. Over time, Caballero perfected his talent and evolved into a master painter, capturing the essence of Mediterranean life from Spanish courtyards to Barcelona streets to countryside farmhouses to lake scenes.
Caballero began his professional career as an illustrator and designer of book and magazine covers. This occupation helped him acquire the agility and precise aptitude for drawing. Caballero’s keen drawing ability allowed him to work in a wide range of themes such as portraits and still lifes as well as his famous landscapes.
With his knowledge of design and drawing, Caballero did not delay submerging himself in the complicated world of painting. In 1983, he held his first professional showing. His exhibits were selective through the years, and his work entered into the professional circuit mostly by way of merchants and gallery owners who organized their own shows of his paintings throughout the Iberian Peninsula in Spain.
To fully appreciate Caballero’s work, one must look to the pictorial precedents of his artistic career. Time spent in San Feliu de Guixols, at the heart of Costa Brava in Spain, placed him in contact with the unique scenery of this beautiful coastal area and its rich Mediterranean woods. Caballero became drawn into this diverse beauty, continually renewed as he placed his easels before these varied landscapes so as to transmit to the canvas the constant emotion that this scenery provokes.
In reference to landscape, he felt great attraction to the countryside, which was greatly represented in his work. The mountains, valleys and volcanoes in the areas of Garrotxa, Ripolles and Osona in Spain as well as the brave and valiant shoreline that symbolizes the coastal lands of Upper and Lower Ampurdan or Maresme provided a bounty of inspiration. His ability to reflect the reality of each environment contributed to the making of a work filled with interest, framed in detailed impressionism.
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Jorge Cabonell
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Creator of the deeply rooted landscapes, Jorge Carbonell dominates with his unusual skill of the clear, concise, and rigorous brushstroke; his work sprouts impressionistic characteristics that are not equaled. The native Mediterranean scenes by which he is inspired, both the rural scenes and the landscapes, radiate a new reality that doesn’t deceive the seed in which they are sustained. They are new scenes - they couldn’t be any other way when we talk about authentic creativity - but, they are full of a stimulating light, a radiance that invites us to experiment peculiar emotions.
The deep rooted faithfulness to his surroundings, in the working with the land, the perfectionist talent and his capacity in his work that hasn’t changed since, from a self-taught option, is the feel of his art. This artistic exercise, however, doesn’t impede from reflecting other worlds; it is work that is approached without complexity.
In his work, each time the scenes are more real, also seen from his own
conception. Without raising the voice of the brush, Carbonell, who has accredited a faithful course is his own particular aesthetic exploration, invites us to put ourselves through his windows and enjoy his multiple views. In this fashion, it is rare that capable artists like him can strip spontaneously the chromatic resources of the palate, so that the warm tones finds the counterpoint of the fresh waves of the waters. The Carbonellian landscapes arises captive onlookers, not free from complexity of those who want to immerge themselves in its codes. Harmonious composition, the precision of strokes, and the measurements in the usage of color; those are the most valuable combinations. The result is a combination
that placidly reconciles with the roots where he is inspired, without resignation, to the meeting of other areas, and his paints are combined stridently in a warm composition. They are well articulated, a type of coral symphony of a serene fruition. It is art from the earth, but with multiple views. Jorge Carbonell has precisely been faithful to the earth, which has pushed him to become closer with his look and talent to other worlds. |
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Roman Frances
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Jos Miguel Roman Frances was born on January 2, 1950 in Alcoy, Alicante (Spain). At the age of fourteen he began to paint in the workshop of Gaspar Frances Rico. Rico became more of a friend than a teacher, and his work influenced Francs’ artistic formation.
Frances achieves an overall effect of harmony, peace, and great beauty with his superb draftsmanship. Each piece is filled with the feeling of light that he manages to reflect in everything he paints. His paintings are employed lavishly, with dense buildups in the floral groupings and landscapes surrounding the female figures and children, which are the core and focus from which all else radiates. Frances’ work reflects his love for nature and his Spanish heritage, frequently depicting the female figure with traditional silk shawls that radiate with the colors and floral patterns of his native country. His impressionistic brushstroke never lets him get too closely bound up in his encounters with the female figure; yet, he depicts her in minute details when appropriate. The colors he uses are perfectly balanced and controlled within their light-giving power.
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Other European Artists
| Miguel de Aceveclo |
Fernando Ibanez |
Emilio Payes |
Ramon Pujol |
| Fernando Alcaraz |
Alfredo Navarro |
F. Pedrosa |
Vladimir Fechyk |
| Alvar |
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