It is said that the face is the mirror of the soul. I am interested in the face of the soul. Or the infinite possibilities that the painting can reflect, converted, in my case, into that mirror.
Music is important in my creative process because it helps me stop thinking. I forget everything and start painting. In this way, reason or self-criticism stop bothering me and I can concentrate only on what the painting asks of me. I don't just listen to a certain style of music or a particular artist. I like jazz and electronic music. Painting with music accompanies me and makes the creative process less lonely.
The intention of my works is for the viewer to travel inside themselves and connect, through the painting, with some emotion or feeling they have experienced in their life.
Exhibiting in different places has meant a lot to me: that my painting can connect with very different people, but with something in common, intimate and at the same time universal.
Ernest Compta Llinàs
ERNEST COMPTA LLINÀS Born in Barcelona, lives in this city and is an architect. Since 2008 his main activity is painting. It is inspired to listen to music and paint every day, whether in the morning, afternoon or evening. For him, expressing himself through activity. artistic is a vital necessity. Over the years he has used all kinds of materials. -charcoal, ink, pastel, oil- and supports, but little by little he has opted for acrylics on canvas and paper. Although his painting is in constant transformation, his works always revolve around the same theme: the portrait. With a wide range of gestures. and facial nuances, exposes the enormous complexity of the human face and the inexhaustible records it can have. Its purpose is that each painting manages to capture the viewer's gaze and a dialogue occurs from different perspectives. Sometimes the title you give to your work works as a suggestive cover letter. His pictorial influences are found, above all, in art. abstract and expressionism. His reference painters are Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. He has exhibited in New York (USA), San Diego (USA), Milan, Rome, Venice, Cannes, Barcelona, London, Stockholm and Cali (Colombia), among other cities. She has received several awards and has published in numerous magazines, such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Revistart and Spotlight Magazine, being on the cover of Jaamzin Creative in Singapore.