Salomé 2020

Luis Álvarez Roure painted this 'Salomé' with oil paint, and I'm picturing him building up the image layer by layer, maybe wiping away some parts, adding more to others, letting the figure emerge from the background like a memory. The golden backdrop is amazing – it’s not just gold, but scumbled and brushed, almost like the painting itself is breathing light. And then there's Salomé, posed with her arms up, almost like she’s casting a spell. You can almost feel the weight and warmth of the model in the studio, the smell of the paint, all those things that make up the painting. The way Roure handles the paint, it reminds me a bit of Klimt, how he made the body so alive against this ornate setting. Artists are always looking at each other, you know, having a conversation across time.