Montse Valdés

Barcelona, Spain

“I paint the human figure, delving deeper until I reach the beauty of being, the soul… the core of human beings where everything is balanced, harmonious and serene, where no noise exists.” 
Painting has long been Montse Valdés’ passion. It has taken her on an enquiring journey to the deepest depths of humanity, to find the essence of ‘us’. As she says, to the core of human beings. The power of her work is its simplicity, the stripping back, cutting through ‘the noise’ to reach the soul that illuminates her canvases. Thickly textured pastel oils, layered and dotted, converge to portray ethereal figures and serenely powerful portraits – peaceful and harmonious.

CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS

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Montse Valdés

3-4-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

1-5-23

2023
320 x 210 cm

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Montse Valdés

2-4-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

3-4-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

2-4-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

1-9-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

2-9-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

1-4-22 (diptych)

2022
130 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

3-9-22

2022
162 x 260 cm

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Montse Valdés

1-7-20 (Diptych)

2020
130 x 194 cm

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Montse Valdés

1-5-22

2022
195 x 160 cm

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Montse Valdés

10-1-21

2021
130 x 162 cm

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Montse Valdés

3-1-17

2017
130 x 162 cm

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Montse Valdés

1-1-13-14

2015
114 x 146 cm

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Montse Valdés

27-3-12F

2016
160 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

19-11-12

2012
140 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

27-3-12H

2017
195 x 195 cm

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Montse Valdés

4-1-17

2017
130 x 162 cm

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Montse Valdés

5-4-14 (Diptych)

2015
81 x 100 cm

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Montse Valdés

2-6-17

2017
150 x 150 cm

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Montse Valdés

7-1-21

2021
65 x 54 cm

Montse Valdés

“After 38 years of a figurative trajectory, now what interests me is to surprise myself by experimenting with the materials and let art express itself through me.”Having studied the technique of oil painting at several important academies in Barcelona (1981-84) and later at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris (1985-88), Valdés has since built a solid career in art. With a long list of solo and group shows behind her and works in important public and private collections, this internationally recognised Barcelona based artist has exhibited worldwide with Villa del Arte Galleries for over two decades.

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Thickly textured pastel oils, layered and dotted, converge to portray ethereal figures and serenely powerful portraits – peaceful and harmonious.