Christian Martinez welcomes the viewer into his paintings with a adroit use of perspectival recession, beckoning us to step onto the freshly rained upon streets of his youth in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
With the agility of a George Seurat, he bathes memories of his adolescents in a palette of indigoes and sapphires to evoke an unmistakable longing and nostalgia. Martinez' artworks reflect his country's landscape, as well as the modern urban life wherein the human subject is immersed. Centering on subjects which reflect not only his own yearnings but also those of the people closest to him, he strives to paint the pictures that will elicit that look of shared longing in his viewer's eyes. "His works display wet areas after a rain fall, the reflection of lights on the roads, areas with nightfall, others during the day, the architecture, trees, and the shadow they produce to create an atmosphere seen in any city [in the world]."
A graduate of Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico, Martinez is now a Professor in Drawing and Painting classes at the same university.
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