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Alfredo Navarro
(Spain)
Alfredo Navarro was born on the eastern coast of Spain in the city of
Alcoy (Alicante) in 1965. Initially inspired by his father, Navarro
attended the art school of Escuela Municipal de Bellas Artes at a young
age. He continued his education in Valencia where he received a degree
in economics at the Valencia Univeristy as well as an art degree from
Circulo de Bellas Artes.
He then returned to Alcoy to paint and apprentice under
the painter/teacher Selles. Also a painter, Navarro’s father taught his
son the techniques of oil painting. Navarro’s younger brother accepted
their father’s art training, too. At age 19, Navarro began painting
professionally and in 1986 received first place in an art exhibition
sponsored by the Government Delegate of Galicia in Galicia, Spain.
Navarro considers his technique somewhere between
Realism and Hyperrealism. His studies provided an admiration for the
artists Velazquez, Picasso and Greco. Navarro respects Velazquez for the
artist’s ability to capture the soul of a person in a portrait and the
colors and atmosphere used to create the paintings. Picasso and Greco
are admired for their bold creativity and expressive colors. Such
creativity, expressive colors and atmosphere can be found in Navarro’s
striking sunsets, sweeping seas and foaming waves. Inspired by the
vastness of both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Navarro
paints seascapes of undulation as well as seascapes of tranquility. With
great artistic emotion and power, he captures waves crashing against
rock formations. He paints translucent waves gently rolling into shore
as the evening’s sunset pierces through the water. His calm seas
mesmerize viewers with the ocean’s expanse, or the feeling of a warm sun
dancing on the water, or an endless horizon.
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