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Painting...a
pastime...
During
my moments of relaxation I like to paint, for some reason I have mainly
focused on the Correda, I think it's because I find the colors interesting
and I have tried to depict the bull as a desperate and unwilling victim.
At the same time I should mention that I'm not anti-bullfighting since
there are so many other things that we should focus on. Spending part of
the year in the Basque country where bullfighting is a long tradition I
have of course attended many corredas.
I
have also included here some of the local painters from that region of
France who have concentrated on less dramatic subjects.
My
personal taste is fairly broad but I have a liking for Francis Bacon, and
having had the opportunity to see his paintings directly I admire his
extraordinary talent that seems to dip into the heart of the matter. I
lived part of my life a stones throw from his studio and frequented many
of his haunts, though I never knowingly met him in reality I feel close to
him as another Londoner, knowing the simple pleasures of London pubs,
restaurants and galleries.
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