Beatriz Rico opens its exhibition at the Center d'Art L'Estacio

Picasso said that "inspiration should catch you working." That's how we get Beatriz Rico in his study, ready to unsheathe their weapons and brush in hand. Innovative and perfectionist artist takes care of the details until the last moment. We offer coffee and smiling says "shoot". It gives us the perfect signal. Helplessly, our attention is focused on his self-portrait in bright colors. Red and orange are the colors that "push you to action". And brushstroke on canvas puts an end to the work of his next exhibition, art as a means of expression and communication.

Alcoyana artist still holds the brush in hand, when, out of curiosity, we asked about their most immediate in the works of this exhibition influences. Surprise your answer, then tells us how not only some great too wide established artists such as Klee, Kandinsky, Albers, Ibsen, Rothko and Kurt Schwitters, through his particular exploration of the poetic moods, but Goethean tradition and even the influence of the Bauhaus by the artistic use of psychology and spirituality of color are your sources of inspiration in recent years.

We also explains that his life story has been discovering how personal experiences, stays and travel (especially from the scenographic studies initiated years ago at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome) would have provided a bonus of inspiration that have especially marked his artistic vision of painting, specifically about concepts such as space, light and volume. No doubt his passage through the Alpine country has impacted significantly in his career, and sets us vehemently contributions, mostly positive, which meant working closely with the Academy and other institutions like the Teatro Nazionale in Rome for the preparation of his doctoral thesis on the theatrical space.

It emphasizes that it is impossible not to recognize the imprint on a personal level and professional course, which marked its passage by Italy since the number of interesting people and of some significance in the European and international art scene could meet and with whom It maintains a broad relationship in these aspects is very enriching. Collaborate face to face with all of them, it has changed the way to confront and understand art and life greatly. Does not hesitate a second to say that a season would travel to the neighboring country almost a decade later, but now with a new perspective on many artistic aspects that will serve to broaden their knowledge. On the other hand, it recognizes that the hardest when you start is having to make a living as an artist from scratch, without contact, without help, but because of its tremendous positivist and energetic personality, even these negative circumstances learn everyday to raise awareness and build character and courage, thus forging the personality of the "artist-worker" or "artist-worker" as he tells us jokes. Not surprisingly, confesses fully agree with the statement attributed to Picasso, "the inspiration must catch you working."

Daily hard work in its thousand and one aspects is the necessary foundation to take advantage of a second of creative inspiration. Without this daily and constant work, no progress, no staff or artistic growth. Renoir died with a pencil between his fingers, and Monet still blind, he continued to paint ... I formulated the eternal question of whether the artist born or made, what Beatriz answers us that for her, the innate in the artist is the value of greater sensitivity, a predisposition to greater perceptual assessment of things and feelings. He says, should be exploited from small, causing the individual to grow and be able to develop their creativity in different areas of your life. I learned the technique. Control of it comes with work and tenacity. The artist must autoaplicarse military work discipline.

Currently, and because it lies in Dénia, young alcoyana tells us how to live by the sea has influenced the color and light of the portraits and abstract work. "I have more contact with nature, sea, outdoors ... this implies a change of mind," he says openly. "Right now abstraction and portrait are two issues that motivate me a lot. Work with them in parallel. In the portraits, I have always been attracted to the psychological factor. Moreover, in the abstract, I think the attraction is produced by the motivation I feel attached to my personal academic research. It is also true that over time, the subject is changing, perhaps now something less social. I like to experiment with another aspect of the portrait, sensual and direct ". That's why it reveals, not without mystery, what he's busy these past few months and what are your plans for the immediate future: "I'm working on some sketches of a series of large format works well as a group of new works as an introduction to a wider collection where the factor of identity through the portrait becomes more important and intensity "suite" as already started in a first collaboration for the IMOW (International Museum of Woman in San Francisco) and will continue in the near future. This small moment "suite" will be part of my next exhibition in Valencia. "

Thus ended our brief encounter with Beatriz Rico, we sure as soon drift away from his studio work, will reprise his intimate dialogue with brushes and canvases in a constant communicative relationship between person and object and who comes on time every day.

The exhibition of paintings by Beatriz Rico will be open to the public from the 17 31 December to January, every day of 10 to 13 h. and 16 to 20 h.

Bethlehem Satorre Berbegal