Villafane employs bold brushwork and a captivating palette of teals, greens, blues, and earthy ochres that evoke the atmospheric qualities of natural light.
His process favors spontaneity over precision - thick, gestural strokes build form through suggestion rather than detail, allowing negative space to breathe alongside dense passages of color. The compositions balance abstraction with representation, where cypress trees stand as dark vertical anchors against horizons that dissolve into painterly haze.
This approach captures not photographic accuracy but the visceral experience of being present within a landscape - the weight of a mountain, the rhythm of trees, the quality of air.
Villafane's technique celebrates the materiality of paint itself, where texture and movement become as essential as subject matter.
18.08.2021
