Onofre Alarcón - "PAPYRUS" #123- XL NO RESERVE

• Title: "PAPYRUS"
• Author: Onofre Alarcón (O.A.)
• Technique: Acrylic on canvas
• Measurements: 110 x 110 cm (for 100 x 100 cm frame)
• Year: 2025
• Style: Evocation of Egyptian art, contemporary reinterpretation


"This acrylic work on canvas measuring 110 x 110 cm (for a 100 x 100 cm frame) is presented as a contemporary recreation of an Egyptian papyrus, full of freshness and chromatic vitality. Its aesthetic, although not belonging to neo-rock-cut art, is framed within the same creative concern that drives Onofre Alarcón's work: exploring the visual languages of ancient art and bringing them back to the present day with their own voice.
Here, divine figures, hieroglyphic symbols, and signs of power from Ancient Egypt merge with an agile, almost playful painting technique reminiscent of the spontaneity of those ancient artists. However, the work does not seek an archaeological reconstruction, but rather a decorative and expressive evocation that exudes modernity. The use of intense acrylics, aged textures that simulate the fragility of papyrus, and the balanced distribution of iconographic elements generate a direct and compelling visual impact, ideal both aesthetically and symbolically.
This work connects with Alarcón's line of research: building bridges between the visual memory of ancient civilizations and contemporary sensibility. If in Neo-Rock Art, gesture and material refer to a universal imaginary of rock art, here the narrative turns to Egyptian sophistication, integrating its symbols of eternity into a fresh and accessible pictorial language.
The result is a unique piece that transforms the ancestral into the present, inviting the viewer to rediscover the decorative and spiritual power of Ancient Egypt, reimagined with the expressive freedom of our time."

O.A.

Unique and Original Work
Each painting is a unique creation, sent directly from my studio. I use high-quality acrylics and oils, along with innovative mixed media techniques, including dripping, waxes, acrylic markers, pens, rollers, brushes, and spatulas. This combination allows me to achieve distinctive strokes and textures that bring my works to life.
To facilitate framing, each canvas includes an additional 5-centimeter margin on all sides. The edges are painted with a wrap-around finish, allowing the artwork to be appreciated in its entirety, whether framed with an American box or unframed. To ensure durability and protect the colors from UV rays, each painting receives a layer of high-quality satin varnish.

Images are illustrative and may not represent the exact scale of the work, so it is recommended to review the actual dimensions carefully.
Likewise, the colors displayed on the screen may differ slightly from the original tones of the artwork; in live viewing, it always improves.

Secure Shipping and Certificate of Authenticity
Paintings are carefully rolled and securely packaged to facilitate transportation. Each shipment includes a printed certificate of authenticity, signed by me, Onofre Alarcón (O.A.), which certifies the exclusivity and originality of the artwork.

About me:
My name is Onofre Alarcón, and my life has been connected to the brush since childhood. I grew up alongside my father—a visual artist and nativity scene master—who taught me to see the world through the eyes of an artist, a perspective that has never left me. Although I was professionally trained as a decorator and graphic designer, painting has always been my natural language. I consider myself an intuitive and self-taught artist, creating from emotion, without formulas or academicism, allowing the stroke, the stain, and the color to guide expression. My work unfolds in several lines that dialogue with each other and enrich one another:
On one hand, spontaneous neo-expressionism, where free gestures, raw material, and raw emotion are the protagonists.
On the other hand, neorupestrismo is a personal proposal that revives rock art from a contemporary and symbolic perspective. In this line, ancestral strokes, atavistic scenes, and symbols of imaginary or lost cultures coexist, inviting the viewer to travel between times, territories, and dimensions.
But if there is a place where the soul of my work resides, it is in my seascapes. As an Alicante artist, the Mediterranean is not just a landscape but a vital and constant source of inspiration. When I paint the sea, I do so with the naturalness, intensity, and rhythm of a deep breath. My wish is that you can not only see it but also hear it, feel it, and even smell it. The blues, greens, whites, and ochres are the colors where I find its strength, its memory, and its freedom. Each seascape is, for me, an intimate encounter with the sea.

Alongside the marine paintings, I also develop still lifes full of presence and gestural abstractions that share the freshness of a direct stroke, the tactile richness of textures, and the emotional strength of color. I also do not forget the pleasure of painting in oil, a noble technique that has always accompanied me and to which I return again and again with respect and passion.
Many of my works have traveled and found a home in more than fourteen countries in Europe, which serves as a deep motivation for me to continue exploring, evolving, and sharing my pictorial universe.
My signature, O.A., is the mark I leave on each painting, a small lighthouse that marks my path and my voice on the surface of the painting.
Onofre Alarcón · O.A
1st Prize in the poster contest for the Moros y Cristianos festivals of Elda, 2017.
2nd Place in the poster contest for the Bonfires of San Juan in Alicante, 2005.
Annual collaboration with the cultural movement Art al Balcó since 2020, contributing large-format works.
Author of the work for the official poster and cover of the Holy Week 2025 in San Juan de Alicante.
Individual exhibition: 'The Search', 2024 at the House of Culture of the City Hall of San Juan de Alicante.
More than 200 works, including oil paintings and acrylics, in private and public collections, with sales in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, and Ireland.

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