11/10 – 11/11/2018
Síntesis
Concha García
Gijón, 1939
Ni siquiera ella podría imaginar que encontraría su pasión en la formación de un grado cuyas asignaturas principales se centraban en el cálculo, las matemáticas comerciales o los elementos de contabilidad. Afortunadamente, el dibujo era una de las principales materias que se impartían, en los estudios de Peritaje Mercantil y que, Concha García (Gijón, 1939) supo aprovechar al máximo. Poco a poco, su curiosidad por el arte y la pintura tomaron forma de la mano de César Pola, de quién aprendió la técnica y una manera de trabajar que nunca ha abandonado. Desde que hiciera su primera exposición en 1979, ha participado en incontables muestras, individuales y colectivas, ha ganado reconocidos premios y le han otorgado importantes medallas y menciones. Su obra se ha podido ver en ciudades como Oviedo, Gijón, Valladolid, Madrid o Nueva York.
Easel in hand, this artist has assimilated various pictorial skills from natural environments as the main support of her creations. Her first works, full of color, were intended for participation in prizes and contests that she would soon abandon when she realized that she did not want to live for painting, but for art. At that time, Concha found a language that developed through color but without losing sight of the basis of its foundations, the drawing. With a personal touch and a realistic style, the pieces of Concha García immersed the viewer in intimate universes dominated by warm and ocher tones full of nuances. The skill of the compositions and the precision of the stroke covered Castilian landscapes, seascapes or forests highlighted by the idealization of a light that illuminated sober color ranges. The clean and polished brushstrokes, although with a marked mastery of the subject, reminded us of the melancholy of Friedrich’s romantic landscapes, and his characters dissolved leaving the leadership to nature.
Almost without realizing it, the artist’s painting delves into the painting itself and the serenity it brings to itself. Vaporous atmospheres, blurred shapes and dematerialization of the forms give way to a light that merges into monochromatic ranges that enhance the richness of blacks and whites. Simplification, elegance, neutrality and harmony emerge among waves, trees and snowy landscapes that invite the quiet of the public and the artist herself. With a relaxed and fully conscious spirit, “Synthesis” shows balanced paintings where mists and textures flow in compositions that have no marked paths. Concha García no longer has the pressure of success and captures life by showing it in all its splendor and serenity.
“… canvases that transform his whiteness, metamorphosis in the hands of the painter …” (Excerpt from the poem Hands in Calm, by Cristina Rudolph)
María Martínez Vallina
