Manuel Doblas Pinto (1957) - Barcas

Signed by the author on the bottom

The work is presented unframed

The condition is good

Dimensions of the work: 38 x 46 cm.

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BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

Manuel Doblas, born in Humilladero (Malaga) in 1957, but trained from a young age in Catalonia and with a mindset well rooted among us, has been a painter for many years. He followed the path of group exhibitions starting in 1981 and held his first solo exhibition in 1992, precisely in this same Sala Rusiñol where we now find him again. He has won many prizes in various places and it has not mattered to him to regularly participate—he still does—in quick-painting contests across Spain. This, which for others may seem an obstacle, because after helping to gain fluency and to find his own formulas that define the style, often leads to recurring approaches, in his case has represented a highly useful system for finding himself and being able to say with propriety what he desires.

Only those who fear explaining themselves think they soon know who they are. And those who are always thinking—this is the case with Manuel Doblas—never stop feeling the restlessness to move forward. Therefore this painter, of whom we now see what he has just done, seeks high spaces by capturing the verticality of skyscrapers and describes abandoned train stations because he is not interested in waiting; instead he seeks exits toward a horizon marked by the rails that, beyond crossings, are fixed because they serve the inner movement of people.

Manuel Doblas has changed his way of expressing himself and he has done so for the better. Gifted for plastic expression and with mastery of technique, he does not stop, but advances.