Carmen Galofré | Contemporary Artist

"Carmen is an extraordinary artist, she draws no defining line between her art and life. Buried within her shoulder bag is everything she needs to draw and paint, along with her ancient mobile, van keys and a spare T-shirt, just in case she needs to sleep overnight. She is seeing beauty everywhere and feels the need to commit what she sees to paper there and then. Although of tiny frame herself, she carries hefty boards and oils to every country she visits. Seeing her deep in concentration, mixing her colours and then almost diving into her canvas with this driven energy is a joy. Her enthusiasm is contagious and she takes pure pleasure in seeing others create around her. This energy is very much apparent in her work. To have a Carmen Galofré hanging on your house is to have a little bit of her essence in your life."

"In a time of so much shouting and gossip, and so much pollution of images, there is more speaking than silence. There should be nothing more visual than emptiness and there should be nothing more literary than silence. And despite this, it is unavoidable that emptiness speaks from where it dwells, and that silence be painted when it invites. Galore's compositions are grounded in elevating the dead form of that which contains the breath of knowledge and life. The names of our classical poets and painters are inscribed, as our image of reference, within a blurred painting that monumentalizes their repo-se, the only possible route to their reality without erosion-deep, tenuous, implied, veiled, with transparency."

"The way that Carmen Galoré dances with the canvas and sees light reflected through the world enchanted me, and inspired me to dedicate my life to art. She is truly committed to each painting she makes and treats each piece of art as a sacred object. Carmen's paintings take us back to a time long ago, when pigments were made from the earth and we had time to just be, as well as bringing us, the viewers, into the present, the here and now, this sensuous moment. She is a true master of arts and invites light to surf on waves and illuminate our lives, these precious times, this living present, these blossoming moments."

"Today there are many critics and art lovers who follow the evolution of her work through the successive advances that she makes in facing new themes, always seeking new challenges and ways to express which are more and more precise, trustworthy and coura-geous. When she finds a new path, she gives herself to it passionately and it enriches her energy, building up the strength that she will then release into the feverish moment of creation. Her restlessness and acute sensitivity allow her to be moved by very diverse sights, whether it be the bright light that floods the rooftops of Marrakesh or Essaouira, or the one that seeps through large windows of expansive, solitary rooms; the stormy sea; the imposing mountain; or the deep human expression of the characters she captures in a cafe, among musicians or the streets of Morocco."