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ART AND ARTISTS 93/13, 2013 MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 27.1X19.3 IN. | 69X50 CM.

LUZ, 2012 OIL ON CANVAS 39.3X39.3 IN. | 100X100 CM.
POST_FENOMENOLILLO, 2012 MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 16.5X18.7 IN. | 42X47,5 CM.

AVIONET, 1996 MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 8.2X13.7 IN. | 21X35 CM.

HUMANOT, 2018 OIL ON CANVAS AND COLLAGE 4.7X7.3 IN. | 12X18,7 CM.

JUAN CANALS
Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain
https://www.artecanals.com/ | Instagram: canalscarreras/

My first set of oils was a gift from my aunt and uncle. I was very A visual memory of a framed illustration of a scene from the Bible in
young and had no idea what oil, tempera or watercolor paints were. which a little boy was crying. I remember time passing slowly and
I remember someone talked me into painting part of my bicycle. rhythmically in a rocking chair. The unbearable boredom of going to
Which I did. It goes without saying that I didn’t realize oil paint took mass in Plaza Española on Sunday mornings. My only relief was to
such a long time to dry. I ended up with paint-stained pants and a amuse myself by gazing at the murals painted on the walls. This all
severe reprimand. I remember the turpentine we used back then to happened a long time ago. I ended up studying Painting Procedures
thin oil paint bothered everyone else, but the smell of it filled me with and Mural Painting, and worked at hundreds of jobs, including as Color
an enormouse sense of satisfaction, in the same way the smell of Specialist for a historic study on ancient architecture in Barcelona. I
new books do. When I was little and would go to my grandmother’s now have my own studio, in the same city of L´Hospitalet de Llobregat,
house in L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, I remember the pleasant, with large windows through which I can see the trains and hear a
synchronous noise of the nearby trains coming and going. pleasant noise that very likely connects me to my childhood.

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