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the people around him. He enjoys the of metamorphosis are inevitable along

confrontation, being thrust into a new the way. The connections we make, the

environment, to live in another country and encounters we have, often increase our

with these changes, he delves into another awareness. Ygartua is constantly taking

sphere, it is like constantly being reborn, on new challenges, new demands – It is

taking new directions not only personally, an adventure into the unknown and this

but always in his art form. is the thrill taking it to the next level to

explore new directions, new styles in his

Ygartua has always been an adventurer, Creative Journey. He is compelled to face

starting with his early years as a gymnast the challenges offered on his path, it is

and at the same time achieving a brown intoxicating and exhilarating.

belt in judo, an underground speleologist

and part of the Welsh Cave Rescue Team at His primary mediums are acrylic on canvas

fifteen years of age, competitions swimming and fresco*, although, he has works in

across Lake Windermere, etc. etc. oil, graphite, pen and ink, pastel, poster,

lithograph* and mixed mediums. His

He was known for his bets for a few coins subjects include landscapes, seascapes,

hanging from a beam at the art school cityscapes, figures, portraits, still life,

and in the Basque Country many more nudes, social commentary, cultural

competitions, diving from precarious anthropology, native/indigenous people,

heights from the rocky ravine into the the unconscious, and as an abstractionist

ocean below, always competing and many, shape, color, and texture.

many more stories of his extravagant risk

taking ventures. He was known as a Dare His styles are Realism, Expressionism, Abstract

Devil and today this is portrayed in his art. Expressionism, Neo-Expressionism, Surrealism

and Abstract Surrealism and, his revolutionary

It is like a metamorphosis taking place, a invention Future Conceptualism reverse painted

process of transformation, an awakening. on Plexiglas.

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