oils

2021

  • "Clinch II", oil on canvas, 35x27cm 2021
  • Two naked men in bed, one sleeping, turned towards us with leg drawn up, the other behind him, seen from the neck down, getting into or out of bed. In the dimly lit background, two trousered legs stand in a doorway. In the dimly lit foreground, a tumbler of red wine has been spilt. The figures are harshly lit in yellow electric light with bold indigo shadows. Their bodies are terracotta and earth tones.
  • Two boxers' torsos from behind dressed in red (left) and blue (right) boxer shorts, locked in combat, faces not visible. One fighter has his leg drawn up to kick. Gold leaf decoration on both boxer shorts.
  • Two figures wrestling one behind the other, only one face, heads, shoulders and arms visible, gripping each other's wrists. Brilliant yellow background.
  • Two figures with dark complexion, dressed in shorts and waist sashes, locked in combat, scrum-like in a lateral composition. Their faces are not visible. In the background, sunlit city towers (gilded in gold leaf) behind a high wall with blue sky.

2020

  • Oil painting of a naked dark-skinned man, 50s, reclining on a leather couch, looking forwards and slightly upwards at the viewer, sunlit from the right.
  • Oil painting of a pale, naked young man with tattoos sitting on a leather couch, staring ahead, sunlit from the right.
  • Oil painting of a young naked man, golden complexion, lying on a leather couch, seen from an extreme angle near his foot. The yellows and reds of his musculature contrast with the couch's dark tones.
  • Oil painting of a naked, bearded Latin man, 40s, lying on a leather couch, eyes closed, sunlit from the right.

You can also view Iván Reclining (oil on canvas, 30 x 60 cm, 2020) at the CU46 Project “Pride Edition” show here.

2019

  • Oil painting of a sleeping male figure, brown flesh tones on a grey and olive-green background of sheets
  • Oil painting in olive tones of a youth gazing out of an early 20C door with window with broken panes. Behind on the wall is a modern sign in orange with a phone number. Reflected in the glass another face and part of a cityscape. Several locksmiths' adhesive labels stuck to door.
  • Oil painting of a beautiful woman wearing an exotic headscarf looking over her shoulder in apprehension. Hitchcock lighting.

2018

  • Torso and face of a reddish figure sleeping on a beach towel, with a row of umbrella pines on a twilit ridge behindon a beach
  • Oil painting of a youth’s reclining shoulders and nape on a beach in warm tones