My evolution as a painter has led me to achieve a recurring theme in my career: painting ballet.

This is the subject in which I have dedicated myself these last few years. Direct contact with professional dancers from different countries has allowed me to observe and paint top performers in the industry, including dancers such as Yulia Tikka (Russia), Bianca Fota (Romania), Vesela Vassileva (Bulgaria), Sadaise Arencia (Cuba), Esteban Berlanga (Spain), Cristina Terentiev (Moldova), Bridgett Zehr (Canada), Victoria Ananyan (Monte Carlo), Nini Samadashvili (Georgia), Elena Evseeva (Russia), and Kristina Tabarovskaya (Russia).

While my art depicts dancers from all over the world, it is worth mentioning three series with different models that particularly inspire me.

The first one is Blue Dream. Here my model is Laurretta Summerscales from London, the wonderful main dancer of the English National Ballet. She shows graceful, talented movement on stages around the world. This inspires me to express the beauty of ballet with different techniques in my works.

The second one is Blue Rainbow. It is a collection, full of realistic details, that sometimes presents unrealistic scenes, all of it thanks to my Russian model Natalia Gubanova, main dancer of the Moscow Ballet. She is a subtle and talented dancer who inspires me to develop surreal motifs.

The third one is Contrasts inspired by the Spanish dancer Mar Ronda. Her elegance inspires me to paint scenes that allow the viewer to glimpse into private moments right before she takes the stage.

Antonio Torres. Albacete 1969. Alicante since 1989.

An artist who has been undergoing intense work for 30 years. Different ways of painting where there have been various series and styles, even though he has been based on the theme of ballet for 15 years.

In the beginning he began taking notes from different ballet schools, where he carried out two of his first series with Mar Ronda, a student with Professor Mª. Angeles Signes in the Pas de Quatre ballet school. (Series “Mar” and series “Contrastes”)

According to the painter, in order to achieve the goals proposed, it is necessary not only work in the Studio with determination and daily dedication, but also be related with the best professionals in the ballet world, from whom he is fed off and inspired to be able to develope master pieces meticulously noting details of anatomy and poses.

“Famous painter of international ballet. His art will carry you to a world full of details, showing the hidden nuances of ballet”.

Russian Ballet

His procedure to do the job is to take notes, sketches and photographs of the dancers backstage during performances, as for example some years ago with the Moscow Ballet company with whom he has a strong friendship. Especially with Natalia Gubanova (Moscow), main protagonist and Muse in the series “Arcoiris Azul”

ARTWORK

Thornwood Gallery - Houston

Thornwood Gallery - Santa Fe