Discover the contemporary work of Manuel Romero Gomez

Manuel Romero Gómez was born in Granada. His father was a flamenco musician and his mother a photographer. From her he learned to pay attention to the details and shapes. She inspired him to express his creativity in images when he was still going to school.
As an adult, he received a strong influence from the culture, flamenco and guitar of the gypsies of the Sacromonte neighborhood. He painted his first works of art at the age of 10. At that time, they were charcoal drawings, sometimes in pencil. He also tried He had luck with photography for a while, but he liked creating his own work more than capturing moments on photographic paper. Gerhard Richter inspired him then the squeegee technique. However, he has always painted in oils. Acrylic colors have very little depth to your eyes.
Last exhibition in Granada in 2019.
He is completely self-taught.

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