MADRID
Ilusión Lumínica
Ilusión Lumínica captures the fleeting magic of a sunset reimagined through a vibrant interplay of light and color. These photographs are transformed by painterly techniques that reveal the power of visual alchemy, blending photography and mixed media to evoke a luminous atmosphere. The work invites viewers to experience the boundary between reality and illusion, where nature’s fading light becomes a canvas of intense emotion and visual poetry.
Minerva Navegante
Minerva Navegante captures the Roman goddess of wisdom and culture in a commanding pose, embodying intellect and guidance. The statue’s intricate craftsmanship highlights delicate details in her armor and serene expression, suggesting a timeless guardian of knowledge. Rendered with a classical approach, light plays subtly across the contours, emphasizing strength balanced with grace. This work invites contemplation of wisdom’s enduring voyage through history and culture.
Cuadrigas # 2
The majestic Quadrigas crown the former Bank of Bilbao, their sculptural forms dominating the skyline like timeless sentinels. Rendered with meticulous detail, these chariots exude strength and grandeur, symbolizing the city’s enduring spirit and historical wealth. The interplay of light and shadow across the statues emphasizes their imposing presence, while the subtle patina hints at the passage of time. This work captures the tension between architectural monumentality and the fleeting nature of urban life.
Cuádrigas.
“Cuádrigas” reimagines the ancient motif of the four-horse chariot, blending historical symbolism with contemporary vision. The composition captures dynamic movement through a vivid interplay of light and shadow, rendered with masterful brushwork that suggests both power and tension. The palette balances warmth and contrast, evoking a timeless energy that speaks to control and freedom. This work invites reflection on the intersection of myth and modernity, where the past charges forward into the present.
El Ángel Caído Lucha Contra la Fuerza del Cielo
This dramatic piece centers on Madrid’s unique monument dedicated to the Devil, portraying the fallen angel in a tense struggle against celestial forces. The composition is charged with intensity, capturing the celestial conflict through contrasts of light and shadow that evoke a fierce battle between defiance and divine power. The work blends mythical symbolism with a contemporary fantasy style, inviting reflection on themes of rebellion, spirituality, and the eternal clash between earthly and heavenly realms.
El Futuro en la Plaza.
In "El Futuro en la Plaza," the historic Plaza de la Villa is reimagined as a vibrant space where nature reclaims its presence amid the urban fabric. The composition blends architectural heritage with lush vegetation, suggesting a future where green growth intertwines with human history. The work evokes a contemplative mood, highlighting the resilience of nature and its quiet yet inevitable return. Through a nuanced interplay of light and shadow, the artist invites reflection on the evolving relationship between city and environment.
Tutto Madrid # 2
This panoramic artwork captures Madrid as a harmonious fusion of urban life and nature's reclaiming touch. The city's iconic skyline unfolds beneath a vibrant, lush canopy that seems to envelop buildings and streets alike, inviting reflection on the balance between human development and the natural world. Through a delicate interplay of light and color, the piece evokes a hopeful vision where nature and metropolis coexist, blending realism with artistic transformation.
Al Oeste de Madrid, el Agua.
Madrid viewed from the West transforms into a visionary city where nature and architecture coexist in harmony. This imagined landscape highlights the Queen Victoria Bridge, a hidden gem of architectural beauty, bridging the urban and natural worlds. The painting captures a delicate balance between the city's structure and the embrace of lush greenery, inviting reflection on an ideal urban symbiosis. Through subtle color harmonies and thoughtful composition, the work redefines Madrid as a place where human creation and the environment flourish together.
The City Breathing Green.
In this evocative depiction of Madrid's Gran Vía, nature asserts its quiet power by reclaiming urban space once dominated by concrete and asphalt. Lush greenery envelops the familiar cityscape, transforming plazas and streets into a vision of renewal and resilience. This work captures the fragile balance between human presence and nature's enduring force, inviting reflection on how cities might evolve when nature is allowed to breathe once more.
Tutto Madrid
This work offers a panoramic reinterpretation of Madrid, where vibrant light plays a central role in transforming the urban landscape. The artist uses a blend of mixed media techniques to capture the city's dynamic spirit and cultural identity, highlighting the interplay of architecture bathed in luminous tones. Through a vivid palette and thoughtful composition, the painting evokes both the energy and the timeless allure of Madrid, inviting the viewer to experience the city anew.
Goya y la Luna
Bathed in subtle moonlight, the statue of Goya stands solemnly before the Prado Museum, its serene illumination evoking the mysterious aura of night and the timeless legacy of the master painter. The play of cool silvery tones highlights the textures and form of the monument, inviting reflection on Goya’s profound impact on Spanish art. This nocturnal portrayal captures a quiet dialogue between history and the present, as the museum’s facade glows softly under the lunar gaze, celebrating artistic heritage through a poetic interplay of light and shadow.
Canalejas en Candilejas
A groundbreaking photograph served as the basis for this painting, in which the world is turned upside down. Light turns into shadow, shadow glows into light, and colors transform into their complementary tones, creating a sense of pure magic. This image is the result of inverting a positive into a negative and then applying oil paint by hand, as always. These cityscapes emerge from a fusion of meticulous research, intellectual exploration. Each piece undergoes a transformative process where photography and digital brushstrokes merge, redefining familiar urban landscapes through the alchemy of light and color. It’s a one-of-a-kind technique, mastered with precision by Carlos
Madrid Recreado, Fusión sin Límites
This work presents Madrid in a bold, reimagined form where the familiar urban landscape is transformed through a seamless fusion of styles and techniques. Layers of color and texture meld to create an atmosphere of limitless possibilities, inviting viewers to see the city anew. The piece blends contemporary vision with a dynamic sense of movement, capturing both the energy and evolving identity of Madrid.
Gran Veduta de Madrid # 2
My painting style has been, since its beginnings, a constant dialogue between the city and nature. In my works, the urban landscapes of Madrid are not shown in their usual form; instead, they are surrounded and transformed by lush nature that seems to reclaim its space. Iconic buildings, streets, and squares recognizable to many appear immersed in a green and thriving environment, as if nature has begun to reclaim what was once its own.
Flay Madrid
In this contemplative urban scene, the city of Madrid appears frozen in time, its usual bustle replaced by a profound stillness. At the center stands a solitary tree, its calm presence suggesting a wisdom that surpasses that of the surrounding cityfolk. This work invites reflection on the quiet moments often overlooked within urban life. The muted palette and deliberate composition emphasize a serene tension between nature and city, evoking a sense of suspended breath and thoughtful pause.
When Nature Visits the Prado Museum
This artwork reimagines the Prado Museum as a vibrant nexus where nature and culture intersect. The composition invites viewers into a contemplative space of learning and memory, enriched by a playful integration of natural elements that soften the urban, historic architecture. Through delicate contrasts of light and shadow, the piece highlights the dialogue between preservation and transformation within Madrid’s cityscape. The artist invites us to explore how cultural heritage and nature coexist, offering a poetic reflection on the city's evolving identity.
Desde el Norte hacia el Oeste. Madrid.
This piece captures Madrid’s architectural heritage from a vantage point that moves from the northern to the western parts of the city. The composition highlights iconic structures like the Palacio Real and Estación del Norte, offering a dialogue between historic grandeur and everyday urban life. Through interplay of light and shadow, the artwork reveals how form and style silently narrate the evolution of society. The artist’s technique emphasizes intricate detail and atmospheric depth, inviting viewers to reflect on the cultural layers embedded in the cityscape.
Lonely Walk
In this evocative cityscape, Madrid lies quiet and deserted, its streets empty yet alive with a whispered presence. The slow, rhythmic breathing of the city suggests slumber rather than death—a pause filled with anticipation. A lone figure walks beneath muted light, embodying solitude and the fragile hope of reawakening. Through subtle brushwork and a restrained palette, the painting captures urban isolation while hinting at the persistent life pulsing beneath stillness.
Palace Hotel Forever. Madrid
This painting captures the iconic Palace Hotel in Madrid at dusk, where fading light casts long shadows that hint at renewal and continuity. The composition blends architectural precision with a soft, warm palette that evokes nostalgia and timeless elegance. Subtle contrasts between light and shadow suggest the hotel’s enduring presence amidst the ever-changing urban landscape. Through refined brushwork and carefully controlled tones, the artist conveys a mood of quiet reflection and reverence for Madrid’s cultural heritage, portraying the hotel as both a monument of history and a symbol of hopeful rebirth.
La Gran Ría # 5
In "La Gran Ría #5," the vibrant hues of an orange city pulse beneath shimmering water, reflecting both vitality and vulnerability. This contemporary urban landscape captures the delicate balance between human presence and nature's unpredictable forces. Through a layered technique, the painting merges vivid color and fluid reflections, evoking the fragile dialogue between the city and its watery mirror. The composition invites viewers to contemplate the world’s precarious state, where beauty and alarm coexist in a single, resonant image.
La Gran Ría # 4
The rising tide becomes a mirror of our mistakes, a quiet warning that the world we built is slowly dissolving beneath us. The iconic Gran Vía transformed, its asphalt replaced by water. What once symbolized progress now reflects uncertainty, a city submerged in its own silence.
La Gran Ría # 3
This painting from the La Gran Ría series captures the fragile balance between humanity and nature amid uncertain times. Through layered textures and a thoughtful palette, it evokes a landscape where natural elements both reclaim and coexist with human traces. The work invites reflection on the evolving and uncertain relationship we maintain with our environment, using metaphor and subtle visual tension to suggest both hope and fragility.
La Gran Ría # 2.2
“La Gran Ría # 2.2” reflects on the delicate and often disrupted harmony between urban advancement and the natural environment. Through a masterful blend of oil and pencil on a grisaille base, the work evokes a cityscape where nature gradually reclaims its space, symbolizing both loss and hope. The subdued palette and layered textures create a contemplative atmosphere, inviting viewers to consider humanity’s impact on urban ecosystems and the possibility of coexistence. This piece belongs to the ongoing La Gran Ría series, which imaginatively redefines the relationship between nature and the constructed world.
La Gran Ría # 2
In this evocative piece, the rising tide transforms the urban landscape into a reflective surface, silently revealing humanity’s fragile imprint on the world. Water replaces the familiar cityscape, suggesting a subtle but powerful warning of nature reclaiming its space. The muted palette and fluid forms evoke a mood of quiet dissolution and uncertainty, inviting contemplation about the delicate balance between human progress and environmental fragility. Technique blends photographic realism with painterly interventions, creating a metaphorical landscape that speaks to the contemporary environmental moment.
La Gran Ría
La Gran Ría reimagines the iconic urban landscape submerged beneath tranquil waters, reflecting the fragile balance between progress and nature. Drawing inspiration from Venice’s waterways, this piece portrays the city as both vulnerable and resilient. Soft yet evocative light bathes the scene, blending architectural forms with flowing water to symbolize our uncertain relationship with the environment. The work invites contemplation on the shifting boundaries between human constructs and natural forces, using delicate tones and fluid brushwork to evoke both serenity and unease.
Capitol and Nature Simbiosis.
This painting portrays the Capitol intertwined with a vibrant surge of nature, where architectural solidity merges seamlessly with organic growth. The composition explores the symbiosis between human constructs and the relentless force of nature, highlighting transformation as the only constant. Rich textures and layered oil techniques evoke a dialogue between permanence and change, inviting contemplation on coexistence and renewal within urban landscapes.
Nature Recovers its Place
Oil and pencil on black and white photo- grisaille. My painting style is a constant dialogue between the city and nature. In my works, the urban landscapes of Madrid are not shown in their usual form; they are surrounded and transformed by an exuberant nature that seems to reclaim its space. Iconic buildings, streets, and squares that many recognize are immersed in a lush, green environment, as if nature had begun to take back what once belonged to it.
When Nature Finally Takes Back
In this work, the city emerges almost organically from the surrounding nature, challenging the usual hierarchy between urban development and the natural world. This deliberate inversion blurs boundaries and invites reflection on the coexistence and tension between human constructions and the environment. The composition uses contrasting textures and tones to evoke a scene where nature reclaims its space, imbuing the urban landscape with a sense of renewal and quiet inevitability. The piece expresses a poetic contradiction that, ultimately, feels harmonious, highlighting nature’s enduring presence beneath the veneer of civilization.
La Metáfora y el Bosque
La Metáfora y el Bosque invites viewers into an evocative vision of Madrid transformed by the interplay of nature and urban life. Through vibrant colors and layered brushwork, the painting captures the city's dynamic spirit amid profound change. The forest, both literal and metaphorical, weaves through the urban landscape, symbolizing renewal and uncertainty in an era of transition. This work balances expressive energy with a contemplative mood, exploring how cities and nature intertwine in the contemporary moment.
Light Rising Over the Silence
This painting captures a fleeting moment where light rises over a silent landscape, seen through an invented dawn or sunset. Nature's quiet resilience is depicted as it reclaims spaces slowly lost to humanity. The composition blends warm, luminous tones with soft shadows to evoke a delicate balance between loss and renewal. Through subtle layering of color and light, the artwork invites reflection on ephemeral beauty and the persistent hope found in nature's return.
Nature Will Always Prevail.
In this captivating depiction of a renowned Madrid neighborhood, nature surges forward, quietly reclaiming the urban landscape. Lush greenery intertwines with familiar architecture, transforming the city into a hidden forest where the boundaries between human construction and wilderness blur. This painting speaks to the enduring resilience of nature, a subtle yet powerful reminder that, despite human impact, life persists and reshapes the spaces we inhabit.
Reconquista Natural # 3
Time has passed and humanity has vanished leaving behind only traces of its mess. Nature has returned, covering the city in silence and green. What was once a symbol of movement and progress is now reclaimed by trees and branches, a reminder that balance was never a choice but a necessity.