August 6: Acrylic in "B/W" New Artist Sergio Decoster

Artist: Sergio Decoster

Title: Naturaleza Minimalist IV

Year: 2009

Size: 80 x 80

Medium: mixto sobre lienzo [sobre lienzo = on canvas]

Price: 900 Eur

I discovered this artist by googling famous acrylic paintings since that is your current medium of choice. I found an interesting, brief article comparing acrylic painting to art painting. You may have known this, but I didn't: "artists can add a gel medium to acrylic paint to enhance its texture."

Anyhow, from this article, I followed a link to "Examples of Acrylic paintings," where I saw this artist:
Sergio Decoster.

He's a young artist in Spain. What struck me about his acrylic works is how dichromatic they appear--and we know from your experiences how hard those distinctions are to make. I really liked several of his images in a series called Naturaleza Minimalista, including 78 paintings. I've included some of my favorites below.

Bio
Name: Sergio Decoster
Born: 1975
Location: Oviedo-Girona, Spain
Training: Self-trained expressionist painter
Artistic Activity: Semi-pro
Recognition level: Mid-career artists
Descriptive Tags: Acrylic paintings, brown, landscape art, representational

Title: Matorral Empordanes II [Matorral = Thicket]

Year: 2009

Size: 81 x 100 cm

Medium: Acrilico sobre lienzo

Price: $1500.00 Eur

Title: Claro en el Bosque (Translation: Clearing in the woods)

Year: 2009

Size: 100 x 100 cm

Medium: Acrilico sobre lienzo

Price: Not for sale

Title: Valle

Year: 2009

Size: 60 x 60 cm

Medium: Acrilico sobre lienzo

Price: $500 Eur

Title: El Refugio del Silencio

Year: 2009

Size: 60 x 60 cm

Medium: Acrilico sobre lienzo

Price: $500 Eur

What I think is interesting:

• The success in technique with the color
• The use of "dripping" in the images
• The realistic trees in his series versus the more "cartoonish" ones
• How completely different his other series are

UPCOMING EVENTS:
National Juried Exhibit
Mable House
August 21-Sept. 28