“Departing from a strictly representational depiction of nature, I develop and revisit my paintings until I feel a “yes”. I seek to explore the dynamics of color and the illusion of space within the limited two- dimensional canvas and invite the viewer to interpret my work and become part of the creative process”.
Artist Juan J Moreno, born in Colombia, studied at the atelier of David Manzur in Bogota, Colombia, before moving to Connecticut, where he has lived since 1986. He studied figure drawing and portrait painting at the Art Students League of New York and studio art at Western Connecticut State University. His work has been in many exhibitions and is in private collections. Juan taught studio art and art history at the college level in Connecticut.