A M Reyes - “Bodegón con girasoles”(XL)

“Sunflower Still Life”
This work is a contemporary still life of 100 × 80 cm executed in acrylic on canvas, notable for its vibrant play of chromatic contrasts between warm tones —such as the yellows of the sunflowers, the orange of the pumpkin, and the red of the vase— and cool-toned backgrounds and containers. Its execution using a spatula technique yields a rich tactile texture and bold, angular strokes, which synthesize light and reflections in an expressive way rather than pursuing meticulous realism, offering thus a modern, fresh, and visually powerful reinterpretation of the traditional still life.

Vida AMReyes. (Granma, Cuba 1991) discovered from a very young age that drawing was not only a pastime, but a way to translate the world. In 2010, she graduated with honors from the prestigious Carlos Enrique Gómez Academy of Fine Arts. There she consolidated an exceptional technical mastery in oil painting, acrylics, and drawing from life, foundations that would later shape her conceptual signature.

Her early career unfolded amid the Cuban cultural fervor, actively participating in young artists’ salons and group exhibitions. Her work immediately began to stand out: in salons and exhibitions she won numerous awards and mentions.

AMReyes’s work is distinguished by a visceral, imposing realism that catches the eye instantly. However, her approach does not stop at mere photographic mimesis. On anatomies worked with rigor or faces charged with deep psychographic expressiveness, the artist overlays and integrates icons, allegories, and conceptual elements: wings that seem invisible to those who wear them, suspended threads, blocks of dense color, or garments laden with symbolism. For her, the human body and the everyday figure are the perfect canvas to reflect on identity.

This fusion of technical mastery and symbolic narrative opened the path to her international projection. Over the last decade, her pieces have been acquired by private collectors and galleries in:
- Spain: Where her conceptual language connects with European Expressionism.
- United States: Integrated into private collections dedicated to contemporary Latin American art.
- Belgium and Poland: Exhibited in figurative art fairs and avant-garde galleries.
- Russia: Acquired by collectors fascinated by technical rigor and the school of realism.

Currently, AMReyes resides in Spain, a country where she has established her studio and consolidated a new creative phase. Far from the fast commercial noise, she continues to develop her artistic life with patience and rigor, exploring painting as a tool of universal introspection. Her studio is today a space of constant creation, where every brushstroke continues to reveal those hidden truths and icons that we all carry inside, but which we often find hard to see.”