I try to be alert to those forms, generally of organic constitution, that I find in everyday life. In the notebook I usually make a quick note of the basic structure, or of how the different elements that share or inhabit the same space are connected. Later, I develop it in my studio.
It is fun to play at giving an appearance to fauna and flora that a priori (rationally) should not have. Nature, being ubiquitous, allows you to empathize with a creature even if you have never seen it before. You can create a being with a new appearance, but if you follow the guidelines you observe in the natural elements, it will be familiar, friendly. That’s the point I’m trying to reach with my work. Nature, in its inherent essence, grants the same dynamics of form regardless of the transcendence or size of each being, plant or element. In this way, a microorganism can have the same spheroidal structure as a galaxy, or the stone of a fruit the labyrinthine appearance of the shell of some type of invertebrate.
“ Vorja Sánchez combines imaginative interpretations of birds, wolves, and hybrid creatures into surreal paintings and mixed media works from the deep corners of his brain … ”
Contemporary Art curator Magazine
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“ Constellations of real and invented wildlife, plants, and mysterious critters that seem to be a combination of the two, coexist in the artist’s colorful multi-media … ”
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“ Colorful Storybook Illustrations of whimsical birds and Fantastic beasts … ”
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“ Intento desvirtuar situaciones cotidianas que veo por la calle o en el bosque. En especial me atraen las conexiones que se establecen entre objetos inertes con animales que los rodean o habitan … ”
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“ … Parecen cruces entre dinosaurios mutantes y demonios sombríos, pero también capta la esencia muy realista de aves y otros animales … ”
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“ … inspiración que transforma en unas personalísimas obras cuyas criaturas principales son fruto de la fusión de un imaginario inherente maravillosamente surrealista y de un estilo único calificable como orgánico … ”
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“ Vorja Sánchez es un increíble pintor e ilustrador. Un artista sin igual que realiza unas increíbles ilustraciones llenas de criaturas … ”
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“ Desenmascarar grandes monstruos y mostrar su fragilidad. Hablar sobre el miedo, la paralización, el abatimiento”, apuntó Sánchez … ”