René Serrano Rodriguez Blog

Pre-Zen-Tea A  Real Estate painting commission of 10 pieces in May 2023. Video Process in the bottom of the post.  Inspired from the music of "Sleep " album based around the neuroscience of sleep by German-British composer Max Richter. It was released on September 4, 2015 Painting commission: 10 pieces  Colors: Grey, White, Red and Gold. Dancer: Ana Contreras.  Key Words: Brief = Proposal: a- Home - Gathering / Travel = Station b- Station = Living room = Loading... C- Quality Time. consequence: Present (Right here, Right Now) Time as a sacred ritual Ritual, Ceremony, Zen. Tea ceremony. Past, Present, Future. (100 X 70 cms each) X 3 Mixed media / Canvas Midnight Encounter 120 X 60 cms  Mixed media / Canvas Gathering 250 X 150 cms Mixed media / Canvas Day time Encounter 160 X 70 cms  Mixed media / Canvas Midnight Poem 120 X 80 cms  Mixed media / Canvas VIDEO PROCESS: 

Dance in the forest series is a Painting work commissioned by a  Real Estate and a parallel experimentation in my own studio. (VIDEO PROCESS IN THE BOTTOM) This building is located near the forest so the inspiration for this artwork became obvious… I started to think about a dance in the forest with butterflies, trees, flowers… So i decided to ask my ballerinas friends to work with me in this commission. Based on the Scene "A Pine Forest" from The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1892 My painting work has been inspired by time, textures, music and calligraphy, for this time i decided to work with human skins. This was not the first time… This is an old technique that began in 1958 and now I add my own recipe… When the surface area is ready with the skin textures I start my personal signature recipe with a calligraphy process as a new dialogue with the printed forms. This new layer is covered with a painting work inspired by the textures, forms, time, skin an...