My work is born from the need to give form to fragility and to transform uncertainty into image. I paint to understand, to sustain what is vulnerable, and to create a direct dialogue between the painting and the viewer. Through color, light, and matter, I explore the tension between resistance and decay in a constantly changing world.
BACKGROUNDS
The backgrounds are abstract spaces that evoke altered environments in a state of degradation. They do not describe recognizable landscapes, but territories transformed by human action. The paint flows, fragments, and overlaps, suggesting instability, loss, and the gradual disappearance of ecosystems.
ANIMALS
The animals featured in my work belong to endangered or vulnerable species. They are not depicted as simple representations of nature, but as presences charged with both strength and fragility. Through them, I explore ideas of resistance, care, and value, inviting reflection on what deserves to be protected.
PROCESS
The process begins with the creation of the background using fluid pouring techniques, allowing chance and movement to generate texture and depth. Over these layers, I add splatters that reinforce a sense of wear and fragmentation. Finally, the animal emerges through precise brushstrokes, with special emphasis on the eyes as the emotional point of connection.
“Instead of choosing between the pure stability of the icon or the dissolution into gesture, Català makes both conditions coexist and turns them into structure.”
Antonio Sánchez Castro, Director of 1819 Art Gallery.
“The center does not close; it sustains. The composition suggests that the chromatic flow and the energy of the gesture proceed far beyond the frame.”
Antonio Sánchez Castro, Director of 1819 Art Gallery.
“The painting reclaims the power of the figure as a form of condensation, while incorporating an environment of energy and noise characteristic of contemporary sensibility.”
Antonio Sánchez Castro, Director of 1819 Art Gallery.
“There is a fast time, associated with the icon’s chromatic impact, and a slow time, associated with the reading of layers and transitions that appear upon closer inspection.”
Antonio Sánchez Castro, Director of 1819 Art Gallery.
