Apr 03 2018
Francisco Valverde: Dripping with Color

Francisco Valverde: Dripping with Color

Presented by Julie Zener Gallery at Julie Zener Gallery

First Tuesday ArtWalk Reception
April 3, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Pictured: "PURPLELOPIS" Pigmented Resin on Panel, 2017

Francisco Valverde lives and works in Mexico City.  Valverde was raised in Cuernavaca, Mexico, of a Cuban father and Mexican mother. Early in his career, he was known for his work in contemporary figurative painting.

While teaching traditional techniques and large-format painting at Morelense Center for the Arts (Centro Morelense de las Artes), Francisco became inspired by his students’ search for their individual expression, which lead to his own quest for a new artistic practice.

Francisco began working on large canvases, using bottle dispensers filled with colorful synthetic materials instead of traditional paints and brushes. His goal was to re-create the essential element within drawing and painting: the line.

The resulting lines were imperfect and denied the traditional representative characteristic of a line, or what Francisco describes as “righteousness.” These paintings formed a rhythmic structure in which a certain order was realized. This was the start of his new direction.

Valverde’s pigmented resin works utilizes plastic materials to build complexity. These paintings utilize powerful lines with direction, suggestive backgrounds, mysterious forms, and varying depths to create a story. Obsession and freedom are two words that Francisco uses to describe his current work: the obsession of daily routine, and the freedom he experimented with as a child drawing and scribbling on a piece of paper for the very first time.

Admission Info

Free admission

Phone: 415-246-3944

Additional time info:

First Tuesday ArtWalk Reception:  5:30 - 7:30 pm

Dates & Times

2018/04/03 - 2018/04/03

Location Info

Julie Zener Gallery

540 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, CA 94960