Baruj Salinas - Hoja a viento XIV

    ARTIST     BARUJ SALINAS Title Hoja a viento XIV Work Date   2001 Category Mixed Media Materials Watercolor, gouache, pastel, charcoal and graphite on archival paper Size h: 12.5 x w: 9 in / h: 31.75 x w: 23 cm Region Cuban Style Contemporary Price* $975. We offer competitive pricing. Gallery Ph.   323-744-7550     Description This is an excellent example of original Salinas work on paper, that is from more recent work. Salinas was deeply influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, and his mentor Joan Miro, who he studied with for years, in Barcelona. Salinas is quoted as saying: "Because of my connection and collaboration with poets and writers such as María Zambrano, José Angel Valente, Pere Gimferrer, and Michel Butor, I developed a concept of the language of the clouds. This consisted basically of a grey background with white as the main color of my palette–the white symbolizing clouds. Salinas is in the permanent collection of over 35 significan