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How did the Bruce Springsteen piece come about? What do you want people to feel when they see work like this? I always try to paint the people I find interesting. In the case of Bruce Springsteen I have a very deep sense of respect and admiration for both his music and him as a person. He has a strong character and transcends a very positive energy. He is the kind of artist that will always be a point of reference for inspiration today as well as for the coming generations. rough his portrait I wanted to externalize his determination. e base of the painting has blue and orange tones. e two of them combined are perceived even more intense, more clear given that they are complementary. I think that in every artistic piece, may it be a painting, a film or a song, many elements affect its final result. Some you can control and others are alien to you. at is why an artist can create pieces that come out round, complete, at a very high level, and in turn the artist himself can do a mediocre job. In the portrait of Springsteen I think that there were a series of factors that make it a special picture. To externalize through the painting an internal feeling and to make it physical, to translate it into a canvas is not easy. I would like it when people stand in front of Bruce Springsteen's painting to perceive that energy. When did you first start your portrait work? What is it about pop culture icons that inspires you? I have always painted portraits. At first I painted my friends, cartoons or oil portraits. In 2005 I painted a portrait of the Gioconda in a large format, 2 meters by 130 centimeters. In that moment I realized that a large scale face with a firm and dynamic stroke could work quite well. By working the canvas on a VUE ON ART V U E N J . C O M 70

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