WELCOME TO MY GALLERY

Born in Barcelona, I moved to San Diego in 2003 and fell in love with the city.

Mechanical Engineer by profession, surfer and artist by vocation.

Enjoy the tour and don't forget to leave your comments...good or bad.

Thanks

I almost forgot...originals and reproductions on canvas are available for purchase, please contact me at oriol_arvicente@yahoo.es

Late sets in Bali

Late sets in Bali
100cm x 40cm (40" x 16")

Early Sessions

Early Sessions

Down the Line

Down the Line

Soft Barrels

Soft Barrels
100cm x 69cm (40" x 27")

Deep Inside

Deep Inside

Late drop

Late drop

Deep sunset

Deep sunset

Colors of Barcelona

Colors of Barcelona

Beach games - Bali

Beach games - Bali

Castellers

Castellers

Blue Fusion

Blue Fusion

Sunset in Barcelona

Sunset in Barcelona

Starfish

Starfish

Sands

Sands

Storm

Storm

Afternoon colors

Afternoon colors

process

process

final sketch

final sketch

First version - No surfer

First version - No surfer

Is there something missing?...the surfer

Please comment and let me know if you think the wave is missing the surfer.

Thanks

Friday, January 22, 2010

My next painting

This will be an ongoing post to illustrate the process of creating my next painting.

From the idea to the final painting. Ideally this could be an interactive process where I would get comments and suggestions from followers, along the creation process, which will influence the final output. And who knows, this could evolve in a new form of interactive art.

Perhaps this could become a good idea after all, engaging people to participate in the creation process of my paintings. Some could think that this goes against the rules of inspiration and the freedom to create a real unique piece, but I say this is a good way to merge inspiration with technology and create something truly unique from a collective interaction.

I get to choose the idea, usually inspired by a picture. In this case I feel like doing another abstract surf snapshot which I will then tweak and distort into a preliminary sketch, becoming the start point for others to interact through comments and suggestions.

First picture and sketch will be on, this weekend.

Thanks

Thursday, January 21, 2010

A blog or a Website?

Well, let's say this is the first step to getting a fully functional website.
I figured that a real website will take me a while so a blog will help me get the word out and at the same time get some valuable feedback.