Cristian Mesa Velazquez - Estallido de Espuma

Foam Burst Oil on canvas · 62 x 43 cm · 2026 A child jumps backward to the viewer, one arm flung toward the sky and the other extended to the side, in a gesture of total surrender to the movement — there is no calculation in that pose, only the pure impulse to jump into a wave just as it breaks. The body tilts diagonally, caught midway through a leap that is no longer grounded on the floor: the feet barely touch the foam, all the weight is in the air. Technically, this is one of the pieces that is furthest from the photographic treatment that dominates the rest of the catalog. The skin is resolved into blocks of warm color — oranges, sienna, pinks — applied with broad, confident brushstrokes, not aiming for the smooth modeling of the underwater works; and on those blocks, small touches of pure white, almost in relief, mark droplets of water suspended in the exact instant that the oil freezes. The true technical protagonist is the wave. The lower foam is built up with thick impasto — paint applied with a spatula or a very loaded brush, in layers that physically overlap on the canvas — creating an almost sculptural surface of whites, creams and blue-greys that conveys the turbulence of the water better than any fine detail could. The sea and the sky, by contrast, are rendered in flatter, calmer swaths of blue, letting all the visual energy concentrate on that foam base and on the figure rising from it. This piece expands the artist’s range: while the rest of the catalog explores the introspection of the adult body submerged, here the theme is pure, unfettered physical joy, seen from outside the water rather than from inside. It shares with those works an interest in the frozen moment, but the tone changes completely — from contained stillness to the pure celebration of movement. Technique: oil on canvas Dimensions: 62 x 43 cm 100% handmade by the artist Includes certificate of authenticity Shipped unframed for maximum transport safety Cristian Mesa Velázquez Las Tunas, Cuba (1994). Lives and works in Valencia, Spain. Recent Exhibition October 2026 (from 3 to 10). Collective exhibition Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA). Education 2013. Intermediate level in Plastic Arts, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas, Cuba. Selected Group Exhibitions 2021. International fine arts fairs, Germany and France. 2020. International art fairs, Luxembourg and Paris. 2020. Homage exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana, Cuba. 2017. “One in a Hundred,” Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas, Cuba. 2016. “Airs of Cubanness,” itinerant collective exhibition, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana, Cuba (reviewed in Arte por Excelencias, no. 32, 2017). 2010-2019. Salons and group exhibitions in Cuba (Havana, Las Tunas, Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila). Collections Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico and Spain.

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