“I paint the human figure, and deepen to the Beauty of the BEING, the Soul… the part of the Human Being where everything is in complete Serenity, Kindness, and Harmony, where there is no noise.”
Montse Valdés never tires of constantly re-creating and evoking this state and reflecting it in her paintings.
The technique:
Having learnt the oil and pastel technique, at various academies in Barcelona between 1981-84, reaching perfection at the BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS 1985-88, Valdés stubbornly believes that “the artist makes herself”,
Her relentless search for a technique that would satisfy her have today made her both genuine realistic, yet at the same time, she embodies a free technique that makes her highly appreciated and valued by numerous Art Collectors, and individuals around the world.
Specialized in large format oil on canvas, up close you only see strokes of a spatula or large masses of colour and stepping away, build on the face or bodies in high definition. Above all, the BEING of that face is revealed to us, its gaze penetrates you to the point of never making you feel indifferent.
Drawing from an early age, she hesitated with the world of theatre, though it was at the age of 21 that the idea that the tool to express herself artistically would be painting was clearly revealed to her.
It is re-created (as she says) in an ideal world where the mind is calm, silent and integrates all its voices in a melody, the person can then be free-thinking, loving and creative. This is the world that Montse Valdés wants us to see and inhabit through her paintings.
Valdés was born in Barcelona, and at a very young age she travelled and lived in Paris for five years. In addition to that experience, she spent a year traveling through Asia, two important pillars in her personal and artistic career.
She currently lives and works in Barcelona (surroundings).
She is also an excellent Portrait Artist, achieving an exact but loose portraiture of her own authentic and contemporary style, highlighting the peace of the soul of each person who requests her to be photographed.
