2017
Born in 1959 in Barcelona, Spain, Montse Valdés began drawing at an early age and spent four years in Paris and one year in Asia during her youth. Her travels back then have had an effect on her art, and following a brief sojourn in the world of theater, she decided to pursue painting at age 21 and began to create the wealth of generously sized, ethereal and peaceful portraits, nude paintings and figurative works for which she is known.
From 1981 to 1984, Valdés studied drawing, painting and pastel techniques at the Isidre Vilaseca Studio in Girona and the Artur Aldomà Puig Studio in Barcelona. For a few years beginning in 1985, she attended the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she discovered that “the artist makes him- or herself.”
Valdés has since perfected her signature technique of applying thickly textured pastel oils with a palette knife, layering colors with sweeping strokes and dots to create her images. Viewers of her extraordinary large-format works can detect the contours of these strokes and rich swathes of color up close — one must take a few steps back to fully absorb the painstakingly detailed faces of her subjects.
Over the course of her painting career, Valdés has participated in more than 100 art fairs and exhibitions throughout the United States, Asia and Europe. She is represented by Villa del Arte Galleries, which has galleries in Barcelona, Amsterdam and Palm Beach.
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1-8-17 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Oil
4-5-17 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Oil
1-1-13-14, 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
3-1-17 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Oil
6-11-13 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Oil
27-3-12g - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Oil
From Within- 21st Century Portrait Painting of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Irisha Pavlenko From Within 50 x 50 cm Oil on linen Russian-born artist Irisha Pavlenko has developed a distinctive figurative language in which portraiture, still life, memory, and...
Linen, Oil
Eve, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Anamaria Cepoi
Located in Yardley, PA
Eve, the oldest name in the Book, is now coming back into style, having the virtues of simplicity and purity, yet with more strength and resonance than other. After all these years ...
Oil
Vivienne IV- 21st Century Contemporary portrait painting of a young woman
By Al Saralis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Al Saralis 'Vivienne IV' Ø 30 cm oil on canvas on wood Artist Al Saralis lives and works in Hampshire (United Kingdom) and, as he says, does not paint reality, but what he perceives...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Kasia, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Anamaria Cepoi
Located in Yardley, PA
Kasia Character is what marks the individuality of a person. Thinking about Kasia's character, it feels that the chosen fruit represents her in its entirety. Her seeds are red and ...
Oil
Portrait. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
By Katarzyna Szydlowska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Katarzyna Szydlowska. Painting pictures female in nude. She is sitting on the beach, there is sea and cliff behind her...
Canvas, Oil
Side Glance Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 2010+
By Biff Elrod
Located in New York, NY
Biff Elrod (b. 1946 in Ft. Worth TX) is a New York City based painter. He has shown widely throughout the United States, at spaces including the Soho Center for the Arts, Yves Arman ...
Canvas, Oil
