Portrait of Miguel 2006

Alejandro Cabeza painted this intimate portrait of Miguel using oils, and you can almost feel the artist’s hand moving across the canvas. There's a real warmth to the painting. Look how those muted yellows and browns in the background envelop Miguel, as if he's sitting in a pool of light. You can imagine Cabeza stepping back, squinting, mixing colors on his palette, trying to capture the essence of Miguel’s presence, his stillness. The way the paint is applied, in these soft, almost blurry strokes, gives the piece a gentle, hazy feel, like a half-remembered dream. The casual pose, with his hand resting on the chair back, feels so natural, so unstilted. It’s like Cabeza is inviting us into a quiet conversation, a moment of shared humanity. And it's a reminder that artists are always in conversation with each other, building on the past, finding new ways to see and feel the world.