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About Alex Brana
I was born in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Painting and drawing has always been a passion for me, although my graduate degree, due to family pressures, had nothing to do with art. Painting has always been the way to express my feelings and the expression of the sum of life multiple experiences. When I had to travel abroad, in the seventies, I took my first art lessons at El Salvador with Velazquez, a "naïf" painter. Later, back in Argentina, I assisted to different workshops and finally attended Art School at the Regina Paccis Institute, I never graduated due to a great car accident. After rehab, I dedicated myself full-time to art and photography.
Artist Statement
"Painting is for me like meeting my inner self. My love for life is what brings out my creativity. When I paint I feel the need to express my passion to enjoy every minute of life, this moment that is only here and now, I can't let go without the feeling that life is a gift for our souls...
After having been through extreme situations in my life, which put me very near to death, I choose life. I look at the world around me and I choose its state of glory, peace and calm to give them life in my paintings. Every person may choose how he wants to live and what to prioritize. The way I choose to live is what I express in my paintings. I like to get negative feelings live along with positive ones, that storms can enjoy the calm that comes after them, that fear can live with peace, that the sun is always there!!...
I want to transmit a message of hope and love for life. My use of color brings up positive and comforting feelings. I like to use bright colors because they show energy and joy, low hues to help express calm. I can make colors complement or compete between themselves to express different moods, but always trying to be edifying or comforting. I know that the spectator is the one who finally puts meaning to my art work. I want that once he has seen my art work, he would want to come back to it."
Alex Brana
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