–Fruits and flowers from the back garden–
The truth of painting is that of dreams made real. All the artist aims to do trough the image he presents us is to capture something which would vanish and cease to exist if it were not portrayed, with all its brilliance, its light and shades, its plenitude or its pettiness and the anguish of its irredeemable passing.
Antonio López García (Tomelloso, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 1936) has managed like very few others to express this in his canvases: the ephemeral and the eternal; the essence of time; and he has made it with great modesty and the patience of a monk. Moreover, most of his dreams and visions have not been grandiose; not even big; not even peculiar… but the most current and quotidian in the plain life of a plain man.
In a previous article on this artist I showed some of the superb paintings he made of the bathroom of his atelier (do not miss them!). Now I have selected a few fruits and flowers from his back yard. First of all, here down is the yard itself, as painted in 1969:
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And now one among several depictions of his dear quinces, still in the tree:
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A corner of the yard with lilies and a couple of pale roses, and afterwards an isolated rose near the brick wall:
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[The heading image is a fragment of the first one posted here (The Back Garden) as coloured in blues, purples and pinks, just following my personal taste and –already– custom on this blog. I hope you like it.]
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As you have pointed out in the text above, the things painted by him perhaps denote he is a truly modest man, with no desire to impress anyone. There is greatness in that, and also it is probably the reason of his success!
Nice post! 🙂
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There is greatness in that, indeed.
Thank you very much for your comment and feedback! 🙂 ✨
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What you are doing is absolutely amazing. Keep posting!!
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Oh! Heartfelt thanks for your compliment. I am unsure about what you are referring to, but anyway, I appreciate it much 🙂 Best wishes! ✨
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I mean continuing the blog. I’m a big fan of studio ghibli and alot of posts refer to his works
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I see 🙂 Thanks for being here! ✨ – I love Studio Ghibli, but most of my posts relative to it or featuring their work -mainly Hayao Miyazaki’s- are on my sister’s blog. Maybe you have been there as well, since her blog and mine are profusely linked. In fact, mine is just a follow up of hers, just started after her passing.
Best wishes 🙂 ❤
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Yeah I was talking about your sisters blog. Which miyazaki movie is your favourite ?
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I cannot choose only one… Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Raises are the ones I admire most and watched most
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I approve, though personally I love spirited away above all others
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Awww! Yesss!! I don’t know why I’ve forgotten to mention this one… It’s perhaps the most amazing and brilliant of them all :)) I agree with you
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