His work is characterized as minimalistic-hyperrealism where the human figure predominates, texture-filled backgrounds and a magical use of fabrics.
His work is characterized as minimalistic-hyperrealism where the human figure predominates, texture-filled backgrounds and a magical use of fabrics.
His work is characterized as minimalistic-hyperrealism where the human figure predominates, texture-filled backgrounds and a magical use of fabrics.
His work is characterized as minimalistic-hyperrealism where the human figure predominates, texture-filled backgrounds and a magical use of fabrics.
Omar Ortiz was born in 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico where he still lives. Since he was a boy he has been interested in drawing and illustration. He studied for a degree in Graphic Design, where he learned different techniques such as hand drawing, pastels, charcoal, water colors, acrylics and airbrushing.
When he finished college he decided to make a living from painting. In 2002 he attended his first oil paint classes with the artist Carmen Alarcón, who he considers his main teacher. Omar Ortiz currently works with oil painting because he considers it the noblest technique.
“Since I started painting I have always tried to represent things as real as I can. Sometimes I succeed and some others I don´t but it´s a fact that it is very difficult for me to do otherwise.
I enjoy the challenge of reproducing skin tones and it´s nuances under natural light, particularly in bright conditions. I like simplicity in my pieces since I believe that excesses make us more poor rather than rich.”
The Giclées of Omar Ortiz's work are printed on canvas and they are signed by the artist, they belong to a series and include an authenticity certificate.
“Passionate for movement and textures, utilizes the contrast between them and thus achieves to accentuate them; backgrounds of rough appearance and smooth sublime skins expressed in silence, a conceptual art which incorporates philosophy and classical art.
The love of painting is a constant cycle of inspiration that tends to grow at a very intimate level and installed in our memory, serene, virtuous and divine... like the art of Omar Ortiz.”
Eva N. Pedraza Arriaga
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FLESH TONES SET ART TOOLS
“With more than 15 years of painting, I have used many brands and types of brushes and based on my experience I have created this set of brushes, which is a selection of more than 30 brushes of different brands.”
