Darwin Estacio Martinez

Born: June 29, 1982, Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba 

ARTIST STATEMENT:

The images of my paintings embody general ideas through fragments and details that allude symbolically to a chain of actions that are in a speculative and interpretive level. I always find it more accurate to say that in my paintings absolutely nothing happens, except what an observer is able to infer. The ambiguity tries to combine purely formal notions with the conceptual associations that they generate. 

The use of the human figure removed from any individual reference helps me focus on personality archetypes. My compositions include costumes and color as essential components creating a cinematic quality.