The animated origami in the L’Atelier de Santi

The animated origami, genesis Animated origami is a creative process that has led to El Atelier de Santi. And this after a few laps around both worlds, the animación and the  origami. The video that I expose below, shows in images the meaning of what I will explain...

The forest world in L’Atelier de Santi

The trees in L’Atelier de Santi The forest world and the trees have been a reason for my watercolors. It was on a hot summer afternoon, on the banks of the Alberche, that I found a large eucalyptus. I carried my watercolors to make field notes. My first...

The vegetable sculpture in L’Atelier de Santi

Plant fantasy The vegetable sculpture, project in process, is a fantasy in time. With this it is my desire that nature colonize the art of sculpture. Like the corals and marine fauna do in shipwrecks, and wild flora in the ruins. Something very romantic if we go back...

“The Shelving of Velázquez” of L’Atelier de Santi

From copying Velázquez to “The Shelving of Velázquez” I have not only learned trade and technique, also anecdotes and curious stories. In this work I wanted to keep, as the student who keeps his notes to always review them, the naturalistic representations...
“Gazpacho”, an trompe-l’oeil of L’Atelier de Santi

“Gazpacho”, an trompe-l’oeil of L’Atelier de Santi

El trampantojo “Gazpacho” arose out of necessity, by seasonal evocation. Something so related to the summer, fresh and refreshing, asked step as a theme to be painted in this shutter. The simplicity of the proposal corresponds to the simplicity of the...
Kunihito Kasahara in L’Atelier de Santi

Kunihito Kasahara in L’Atelier de Santi

From Kunihito Kasahara, master of origami, I have learned how to simplify, the simplicity of the formally beautiful. This origami’s master is a reference for me and for many who like the art of origami. His high knowledge of folding has led him to make very...

This was done ….. painted architectural fake

An architectural fake can be treated as a trap, as it was in the following case. In Peralta de Alcofea (Huesca) a house had to be demolished due to urban planning. The company responsible for making the demolition, Hidroman S.L., proposed to repair the wound by...

The mountains in The Santi’s Workshop

The mountains as a motive was a discovery that came to me painting outdoors (plain air). By 1985 I went out for a walk with watercolors in the bag. I was looking for a light motif for my watercolors, light instruments. There was a mass that ended up obsessing me as a...