Page 88 - YGARTUA: Magnum Opus - volume two

“To wake up every day with a paint brush in
your hand is a life not many people can imagine. Spain with his family during the summer month
Being able to have a newly restored energy
running through your artistic veins and urging
you to create new original paintings can be
explained quite easily by
where I am in the world.
With my art I’ve never felt
stuck and have always
loved to experiment with
new inspiration which
I draw from elements
around me.”
“I’ve always considered
myself privileged to have been inspired by the
places in the world that I visit and draw energy
from the people, their culture, the architecture
and history. Deconstructing each one of these
elements and piecing them back together in
my art is something you can re-live in my Neo-
Cubism “Martini Ladies’ subject.
By ignoring the concept that art should
copy nature and its perspective, Cubist
painters instead wanted to highlight the two
dimensionality of the canvas. Like glass being
shattered and pieced back together Cubism
art has relied on geometrical shapes that in
some ways breath energy into my Neo-Cubism
paintings.”
Over the past 34 years Paul has visited Sitges,
of August. Sitges is a small town only half hour
down the coast from Barcelona, the town only
half hour down the coast from Barcelona, the
hometown of famous architect Gaudi and
frequented by Dali and none other than Picasso
who have both inspired Ygartua’s artistic styles
over the years. “Painting Sitges has always been
interesting; the challenge is to capture the Spirit
of Sitges, the excitement of the night life, the
fireworks and the fiestas celebrations.”
Sitting predominantly over Sitges waterfront
is their magnificent Church perched at the
end of the beach that stretches for miles. This
scene alone caught Paul’s eye the very first
time he visited in the late 60’s. The Church of
St. Bartholomew and St. Tecla is Sitges’ most
instantly recognisable landmark, thanks in part
to its dramatic location on the Baluard headland,
overlooking the Mediterranean sea. The church
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