Antonio de Irún
- Acrylics, Pencil, Watercolors
Antonio de Irún Spanish painter, is one of the artifices of Pop Madrileño realism since the decade of the 80s.
He began his work as an artist in the advertising world, reaching its highest point by being one of the illustrators in charge of Coca Cola campaigns and Camel Trophy, among many others.
At age 25, Antonio achieved his maturity as a plastic artist. Since then, his work has traveled the world from San Francisco, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Tokyo, Paris, Denver, to mention a few.
Antonio has worked in the advertising world for over 20 years as an art director and illustrator, the Spanish artist, looking further his own career, decided that painting was the only logical direction that could take your experience, your personal tastes, desires and training.
Although his paintings are realistic, his goal is to create, through overlapping and play media brush, the illusion of depth and sense of presence beyond what is in the pictures. The subjects of many of his works explore the relationship of light with reflective and transparent surfaces such as windows.
All his work pursues one goal: to tell a story that expresses the voyeur vision, to create an image where you feel like a spectator who finds motivation to evoke a story.In constant research of the infinite possibilities of textures, qualities and nuances.
Antonio de Irun uses acrylics, airbrush, watercolor and pencil as his preferred materials.
