Tenderness
Paintings by
Pepe Baena Nieto
Ithink that in painting almost everything that is done truthfully has beauty.
Pepe Baena, who accumulates awards and recognitions stands out for being capable of doing what Gustave Courbet described as Art Vivant : translating habits, ideas, and the feel of the times he lives in.
A chronicler, Pepe is portraying his own intimacy, with joy and honesty. Baena approaches reality with tenderness and humor without renouncing, sometimes, to a certain harshness. Idealization has no place in his work. Playing with the classical language of painters like Diego Velasquez, Pepe Baena explores with a singular talent the unfathomable lightness of being.
" I could not explain it, I just see beauty in a mackerel, in my family in a salon, or in a package of cookies."




La Cena
Oil on Canvas
39.3" x 39.3" in
100 x 100 cm



Waiting
Oil on Canvas
35" x 35" in
89 x 89 cm



Mateo
Oil on Canvas
23.6" x 23.6" in
60 x 60 cm



Pelea de hermanos
Oil on Canvas
35" x 35" in
89 x 89 cm



Carnaval de Cádiz
Oil on Canvas
39.3" x 39.3" in
100 x 100 cm



La Siesta
Oil on Canvas
23.6" x 28.7" in
60 x 73 cm

