Portraying everyday life at its best has always been the desire of writers and painters; and although literature is a passive and serene art, painting on the other hand has the power to attract people’s attention from the first moment. A painting artwork projects a fragment of life that interacts with human mind, filling it up with images and memories as vivid as life itself.

The paintings below were created by Jose Higuera, an Spanish realist painter obsessed with the reality he has perceived since he was very young. Higuera has transcended the elementary stage of existence to reflect reality in short time intervals that will never be repeated, letting the human eye do the rest.

Elena

Ternura (Endearment)

Tarde de Verano (Summer Evening)

Complicidad (Complicity)

Rock Lover

La Voluntad (The Will)

Tres Flores (Three Flowers)

Descanso (Rest)

Scarves

Mi Miguel y “El Hijo” (My Miguel and “The Son”)

Pasiega

La Mujer del Pelo Rojo (The Red Hair Woman)

Siesta al Sol (Sunny Nap)

En la Ola (In the Wave)

El Ojo del Mar (The Eye of the Sea)

Mar del Norte (North Sea)

Atardecer (Late Afternoon)

Bajamar (Low Tide)

Mediterráneo (Mediterranean)

Geranio (Geranium)

Mandarina (Tangerine)

Cómeme (Eat Me)

Uvas (Grapes)

Figuraciones (Fugurations)

Lluvia en Gran Vía (Raining in Gran Vía)

Bilbao

Barcelona

Paseo del Prado

Camino al Capitolio (Path to the Capitol)

Manhattan

About The Artist Jose Higuera, Spanish realist painter, was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1966, from Spanish parents. When he was two years old the family moved to Spain. He created his first oil painting when he was 10 years old and he was only 19 when he opened his first exhibition. Many of his works were put up for auction and shown in the most important art galleries of Madrid. Nowadays his paintings are exhibited in different galleries across Spain and other countries around the world. For more information about Jose, visit his website: www.josehiguera.com Additionally, check out his awesome Facebook page. And you can follow him on Twitter and Google+.

Image Credit: All images in this page are property of Jose Higuera and are being displayed with his consent.

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