$$$$$ BYMDINA: Juan R. Medina's contemporary painting, modern art museums, and fave painters.

2012-01-31T14:27:00.002+01:00

Bymdina, Zaragoza (Spain)

Self-taught artist

PERHAPS the best way to learn how to paint is practising and making mistakes and practising again to correct them and make new ones. Try to master something and try to forget everything and start from scratch again. After this creating process there is always a thin layer of experience pasted on the previous ones. And the approach to painting is always from different angles and points of view. Steady brush strokes and making art from inspirational mistakes are my sign.

THE MOST I like is to create and not to copy. You can't paint studying how to paint, the only way is to practise again and again.

FROM GOYA'S time there's a continuos but dormant trend to carry the painting one step ahead: Cézanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Munch, Kandinsky, Picasso, de Kooning, Bacon... and a lot of shallow tries emulating masters' artworks without surpassing them; paintings that render fashion, trying to guess what people like, pretending being original without risking anything. Perhaps there's nothing new to find. Perhaps there's no new painting to be made.

MY LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE: don´t wait for inspiration, it comes when you are at work, be confident, work at present, make an effort glimpsing the future, have an aim, but not an obsessive one, work hard but don't suffer, sweat if needed, don't be overwhelmed by dificculties, be ready to overcome and surpass them because they lurk; and above all, ENJOY your work. Trust people but don't expect them to do what you have to. Otherwise you are lost and no compass will help you.

MASTERS

Goya, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Munch, Kandinsky, Picasso, Rothko, de Kooning, Bacon.

PREFERRED MUSEUMS

Moma, Guggenheim and Metropolitan (New York)

Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Design Museum, National Gallery and British Museum (London)

Pompidou, Orsay, Picasso and Louvre (Paris)

Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk (Amsterdam)

Frida Kahlo - Coyoacán - and Bellas Artes (Mexico DF)

Ufizzi and Accademia (Florence)

Sistine Chapel (Vatican)

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (Bangkok)

Antonio Blanco Museum - Ubud (Bali)

Prado, Reina Sofía, Thyssen (Madrid)

Picasso and Macba (Barcelona)

Picasso (Málaga)

Dalí (Cadaqués and Figueres)

Guggenheim (Bilbao)

Micaz, Pablo Gargallo and Pablo Serrano (Zaragoza)

Stages (Escenarios)

2012-01-31T14:23:00.000+01:00

Stages (Escenarios)/ Oil on Canvas (Óleo s/lienzo) 92x73 cms.

Unfolded flesh (Carne desplegada)

2011-07-19T11:44:00.001+02:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo s/lienzo) 130x97 cms.

After Daniel (Según Daniel)

2011-05-06T15:19:00.000+02:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo s/lienzo) 130 x 97 cms.

One hundred and thirteen (Ciento trece)

2011-04-30T14:56:00.000+02:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo s/lienzo) 85x65 cms.

One hundred and twelve (Ciento doce)

2011-04-30T14:36:00.000+02:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo s/lienzo) 85x65 cms.

One hundred and eleven (Ciento once)

2011-04-30T14:27:00.000+02:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo s/lienzo) 85x65 cms.

Easter dollar's pain ( El dolor del dólar en Pascua)

2011-04-23T14:34:00.000+02:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo s/lienzo) 85x65 cms.

Perplejidad (Mystification)

2011-03-06T13:29:00.001+01:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo sobre lienzo) 92 x 73 cms.

Cambio climático ( Climate change)

2011-01-26T13:11:00.002+01:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo sobre lienzo) 92 x 73 cms.

Pasos (Steps)

2010-03-13T19:53:00.001+01:00

Oil on canvas (Oleo sobre lienzo) 194x130 cms.

Pharaoh (Faraón).

2010-03-13T19:46:00.002+01:00

Oleo sobre lienzo (Oil on canvas) 130x97 cms.

Miss Eve Trunk learning how to cook without burning herself. (La señorita Eva Trunk aprendiendo a cocinar sin quemarse).

2010-01-09T20:50:00.009+01:00

Oil on wood (Oleo sobre tabla). 122x106 cms.

Lying madonna (Madonna yacente).

2009-12-29T14:01:00.007+01:00

Mixed media on paper stuck on cardboard stuck on wood (Mixta sobre papel, pegado a cartón pegado a tabla). 135x65 cms.

Wilderness (Yermo).

2009-12-26T13:20:00.009+01:00

Black ink and water on paper (Aguada sobre papel).

A kind of darkness (Una cierta oscuridad).

2009-12-24T13:24:00.005+01:00

Black ink and water on paper (Aguada sobre papel).

Go to sleep baby (Duérmete niño).

2009-12-22T16:53:00.005+01:00

Black ink on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

Adjustments (Ajustes).

2009-12-21T14:44:00.003+01:00

Black ink on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

Black selfportrait (Autorretrato negro).

2009-12-20T13:25:00.005+01:00

Mixed media on wood (Mixta sobre tabla). 122 x 106 cms.

Sizes (Tallas).

2009-12-18T15:59:00.003+01:00

Black ink on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

From an ancient time (De otro tiempo).

2009-12-14T15:38:00.003+01:00

Black ink on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

Hoian adventures (Aventuras en Hoian).

2009-12-08T20:47:00.004+01:00

Black and blue inks and water on paper (Aguada sobre papel)

Illiterate (Analfabeto).

2009-12-07T14:03:00.004+01:00

Mixed media on wood (Mixta sobre tabla). 122x108cms.

Urgent degree ceremony (Urgente graduación).

2009-12-04T15:00:00.003+01:00

Black and red inks on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

Mining (Minado).

2009-12-03T15:18:00.004+01:00

Black ink on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

Natural light (Luz natural).

2009-12-01T14:43:00.004+01:00

Black ink on paper (Tinta sobre papel)

Abattoir man (Matarife).

2009-11-06T14:19:00.006+01:00

Acrylic on canvas (Acrílico sobre lienzo). 65x45 cms.

Francisco Pradilla

2009-11-04T09:25:00.014+01:00

Mixed media on canvas (Mixta sobre lienzo). 130x97 cms.

Darkening Amsterdam (Oscureciendo Amsterdam).

2009-10-26T13:17:00.013+01:00

Acrylic on canvas (Acrílico sobre lienzo). 65x45 cms.

Grands Augustins.

2009-01-27T13:16:00.013+01:00

Scraped acrylic on canvas (Acrílico raspado sobre lienzo). 65x45 cms.

Mask (Máscara).

2009-01-07T17:30:00.011+01:00

Acrylic on canvas (Acrílico sobre tela). 65x45 cms.

Variable voluptuousity (Voluptuosidad variable).

2008-07-20T18:40:00.011+02:00