Mexican painter, Israel Vazquez, is a remarkable artistic voice in an age of confusion and unrest. He taps into the modern psyche through his abstract, mixed media works and delivers us a calm contemplation. His distinctive approach, often reminiscent of Cy Twombly and the Abstract Expressionists, sketches and scrawls across the canvas, yet constructs peace within the chaos. Through the visual disorder comes an unusual elegance, each painterly movement requires a response and the composition builds towards a sense of completeness. With colorful spatters and strokes, he records each motion of his hand, infusing the painting with vigorous energy. Within some pieces we may discover natural or figural elements as beautiful female forms emerge from the layers of brushstrokes. "My painting is free, strong, conceptual," explains Vazquez, "with the only intention of showing and confirm in each canvas my personal feelings."
Israel Vazquez comes from a family steeped in the arts, and he is the youngest Mexican artist to have works in the permanent collection in the Louvre.
My creative process starts with a daily intense capacity for a surprise. Surprise at everything that surrounds me, surprise at every detail that I find, surprise at emotional encounter. The second step is the confirmation of those emotions on canvas. With that, I accomplish reconfirming myself in each piece of my work. Then the circle closes with the feedback of the spectator when he sees himself inside those emotions on canvas and interacts with the energy of the work, feeling a part of it, communicating and converting his own encounters and becoming a part of the image.
