Pitu Caleya

Concept

As an artist I have always appreciated and experienced the contrast between light and shadow, but without a doubt the most characteristic of my work is the intense colour and the spontaneous, deliberately imperfect stroke, is one of the ways in which I express the freedom that means for me the act of painting.
Most of my work has a strong symbolism, totally subjective, so the fish represent the freedom of feelings and inner strength, while the masks, are the means to interpret the mystic, the sacred and the symbolic, without any pretence of wrap it in a religious mood, if not rather making reference to everything that we experience as individuals, what we look at, what we speak and all those silences that we hide.
I also try to print in my work a sense of searching and interpretation of the environment, I often include everyday elements that I use to form and assemble the work as an allegory, guiding the observer into the painting, so that from there he can discover his own interpretation, thus giving a personal value to the work.