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Jorge Mayol
For Jorge Mayol, there must be a story
behind each of his wildlife paintings; without that story, he would not
paint. The deft delineation of his subjects (the viewer easily senses the
softness of fur, the bristle of pine needles) reveals his interest in
capturing the mystery, spirit, and mood which animate both animal and
landscape.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised on the family farm near the
rural village of Ayacucho, Mayol became imbued with a deep understanding
of both domesticated animals and the wildlife of the surrounding
countryside: cougars, pecary, red deer, jaguars. His father, an inveterate
doodler, kept the children at the family school busy with rigorous drawing
lessons. Mayol's first paintings were of horses. As a young man, Mayol was
apprenticed to the renowned illustrator and anatomist Axel Amuchastegui,
whom he assisted in producing a series of volumes depicting world animal
life, continent by continent. Ultimately, Mayol chose a more
"sculptured" approach toward his wildlife subjects, while
precision and detail remain a hallmark of his style.
Light defines shape, color, and texture for the viewer. As Mayol puts it,
"Light is the way nature paints." His primary technical concern
is illumination; his primary artistic concern is to reveal the interior
scene to others.
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