Sitges – Iglesia Roja 1981

Carlos Nadal painted ‘Sitges – Iglesia Roja’ with bright, saturated colors, and a bold, graphic style. The artist would have been really immersed in the act, I think, building up the image piece by piece, letting the colours and forms find their place with a kind of joyful confidence. I can imagine him working en plein air, capturing the scene's essence with rapid strokes, trying to make sense of the world in front of him. The red church, Iglesia Roja, in the center is not just a building; it's a vibrating presence that communicates the spirit and soul of the city. The texture of the paint is smooth, almost like velvet, and the composition is cleverly designed to draw us in and around the painting. Nadal’s style reminds me of other painters who use color to create a sense of place and emotion. He creates a dialogue between the real and the imagined, and keeps the conversation flowing across time, inspiring new ways of seeing and experiencing the world. Painting is a fluid, ongoing exchange, isn't it?