Juan Gomez Quiroz

   Juan Gomez Quiroz was born in Santiago Chile and now resides in the soho district of manhattan. He Studied painting at Yale university, Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Chile. These school set a demanding standard for their students. The discipline and professionalism that quiroz exhibits has earned him many awards, most recently the first prize in the South American Biennial.

    In a weaving pattern of brushstrokes Quiroz' still lifes are alive and vital. They seem to participate in an afterlife all their own. The Painting are a party and celebration characteristic of wine and champagne bottles. The mood and music changes throughout his painting but not the consistency. Quiroz depicts through his still life the frantic speed and dynamism of today's world, and the romantic sophistication of graceful living. The phases of movement are represented in a manner which may have been influenced the futurist.

    Since the birth of perspective western art comprehended the ideas of temporal lapse within the boundaries of the canvas, and the artist is no longer confined to the representation of a single frozen movement. This is the consequence of moving with the present rather than the past of future. Quiroz' work is too dynamic to be represented as an idea of being impressionistic. Although his palette may be in soft muted tones, they are primary colors gone mad in a dance of ecstasy for the light the give them color.