Nora López Millán-Paintings - La Casa de la EspiralLa Casa de la Espiral

“Anxiously in limbo”
sediments of wine on paper.

Illustrations

sea sketching in watercolor
painted directly from the beach of the mediterranean sea

WINE PAINTING PROJECT THE INVESTIGATION The painting made with wine was born from an experimentation in Mendoza’s studio. República Argentina. Land of vineyards and strong viticulture tradition. The first experience was interesting, then other trials, technical tests and different wine combinations have been added. Today the project is over ten years and it continues growing. THECHNICAL The resource material used is made by red wines(directly from the bottle, boild, taken from the bottom of the barrel or extracted in lab) mixed with organic agglutinants(orange oil-milk oil-beewax-turpentine-etc). For the final protection I use a special burnish witch is also organic. Usually I paint on canvas. COLOR AND TEXTURE The range colour goes since earth coloured(bottom of the barrel), going through greys(wine poured directly from the bottle, like a wine stain on a table cloth), rubies(grape skin extracted), violets(young wines), until blacks(wine shoot charcoal). The texture goes from the lightest to the most dense. From the fluidity of the liquid wine to paste of bottom of the barrel mixed with the organic agglutinant THEMAMATIC At the beginning of the project the images were mainly abstract with staves of barrel (in small and large size) screw together in its four corners and with the canvas stretched from behind by tacks. This kind of framing besides of being functional(because the framed works both as frame and as stretcher strips) is symbolic because the vintage continues between the wine and the oak. Both as visual components. The canvas stretched on the four strips takes naturally the four curves of the staves. It produces a special bending effect, the allows it to come out of the regular bidimension of a stave canvas. Bacchus jewelery This series is inspired by the vine tendrils and grapes. I represent them with woven lines producing a visual mandala in relief and containing circular shapes that symbolize inlaid gemstones. They individually have visual strength because of the square format but they are also suitable for the combination of diptychs or triptychs series.

ungrafted rebel

wise wine,aging

Bacchus jewelery

Short storie.0,30 x 0,50 cm.On canvas.Sediment from the barrell.

Exploring paths less-travelled,0,80 x 1,16 cm.On canvas.Acrylic,charcoal,grapes of Malbec and sediments from the barrell.

First Barcelona Bacchanal, 0,60 x 0,80 cm.On canvas, Malbec and sediments from Penedés, La Mancha y Ribera del Duero(Spain) .

Second Barcelona Bacchanal ,0,60 x 1,20 cm.On canvas.Sediment of Malbec.(Argentine) .

Ophelia before .0,88 x 0,80 cm.On canvas and framed with the oak from the barrell.Grapes from Cabernet Sauvignon,Malbec and sediments from Navarra and Montsant(Spain).

Short storie.0,30 x 0,50 cm.On canvas.Sediment from the barrell.

Wine and oak 3. Malbec on canvas.0,70 cm.

Wine and oak 2.

Wine and oak 3. Malbec on canvas.0,70 cm.

Adress: Bruniquer 53Bxos.1º. 08024 Barcelona
Phone number:+34-653085667
EDUCATION
Art Teacher graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Design of National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
SOLO EXHIBITION

2019/20 Galeria Spai Viu Sant Pere.Barcelona.

2019 Galeria Broeschen-Mahón-Menorca

2018 Arts contra la violéncia-Falset-Catalunya

2017 Exhibittion at Trobada Internacional microproductors de vi a Andorra.

2016 Enopinturas”Crianza visual”Palacio de Santa Cruz-Valladolid-Spain

2016 Action painting with wine at Barbastro -Spain

2014 – 15 Exibition in Hindhede Gallery – Denmark

2012 “Bacchus jewels in her Studio Spiral.

2011 “Red Wine Arts”Workshop.Centro Santa Mónica,Cataluña,Spain.
2010 “Léspirit del El Priorato, Cataluña, Spain
2010 European Film vi”. Festival and Wine DO La Mancha.
2009 “New Wine” Workshop in her Studio Spiral.
2008 “Parenting” Workshop in her Studio Spiral.
2007 Emina Winery, San Bernardo, Valladolid.
2007 5th Congress of Spanish Wine Museums. “New Wine, Unlimited Sensations” Ribera de Duero. Spain. During the congress she made the “1st Tasting of Wine and Paintings”.
2006 Permanent Exhibition in her Art Gallery “Casa de La Espiral”, Barcelona.
2006 “The Bulls and Wine”, La Rioja. Spain. Viña Ijalba Wineyards and
“Peña Taurina El Quite”
2005 “Catalonian Wined and Cavas Fair”, Barcelona.
2005 “Orfeo Gracienc”, Barcelona.
2004 “Laietana Palace Hotel”, Barcelona.
2001 “Puff”, Municipal Museum of Modern Art Mendoza.
2000 “The Circular Ruins” Cultural Centre of Seven Channel, Mendoza.
1999 “Permanent Exhibition in her Art Gallery “La Rivera”, Argentina.
1997 “Bad memory” Damasca Art Gallery.
1996 “Escape Valve” in Woman Foundation.
1995 “Self-portrait Series”. Piscis-Hotel, Las Leñas Valley.
1994 “Tribute to Frida Kalho”, Art Gallery Patio Mitre.
1993 “Lagunero´s Characters”, Huanacache´s Desert.
1988 “Images of the Lagoon Party. Tribute to Juan Dragui Lucero, Aconcaguas Hotel.

AWARDS
3^rd prize: 2006 “The bulls and wine”. Painting contest, La Rioja, Spain.
“Bull blood” Wine on Canvas. Sponsored by Viña Ljalba Winevinyards and Peña Taurina
El Quite.
3^rd prize: 1999 “Century Ending”. Mural contest, Municipality of Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina
2 rd prize: 1998 “Consulate of Spain”, Mendoza, Argentina.
1^st prize: 1995 Annual Visual Arts Exhibition “Grape Harvest”, Fernando Fader Museum, Mendoza, Argentina.
1^st prize: 1994 “Woman in Art” Avon.