L´ARBRE CREMAT

 L´ARBRE CREMAT´


- Date: September 2025
- Dimensions: 97 x 146 cm 
- Technique: Oil on paper and canvas
- Price: 2,800 euros

L'artista en les seves investigacions habituals sobre el territori i el paisatge ens proposa en aquesta obra una reflexió sobre la naturalesa del dolor i la capacitat d'adaptació. L'arbre, desposseït de la seva vegetació i la seva vitalitat visible, ens recorda que la veritable força rau en la capacitat de resistir, de sostenir-se malgrat les ferides. És un testament a la vida que es nega a ser extingida, a l'esperança que brolla de les cendres cremades.


A l'esquerra de l'obra les flames ho envaeixen tot. A la dreta, el foc, que ja no crema, va deixar les seves marques representades en aquest cas per petites línies geomètriques i quadrícules de dolços colors apastelats. La destrucció aquí no és un final, sinó un punt d'inflexió. És la metamorfosi del que va ser en allò que és. De l'exhuberància a la sobrietat. L'arbre cremat no simbolitza la mort, sinó la resistència de les seves arrels invisibles sota el terra que s'aferren encara amb força ferma a la roca ia la terra, nodrint-se de la seva pròpia memòria.


L'arbre cremat és una talaia de dignitat a l'adversitat, un monument a la bellesa de la supervivència. Ens indica que, fins i tot quan allò exterior s'esvaeix, l'essència roman. És una trucada per acceptar el constant canvi a les nostres vides. Aquesta acceptació ens permet a les persones dissipar l'aferrament i el patiment promovent la vivència plena del present. El vell arbre es manté dret, no pel que ha perdut, sinó pel que encara és: un ressò del seu passat i la promesa de noves històries per viure i experimentar.

Inglés

In his ongoing explorations of territory and landscape, the artist offers us in this work a reflection on the nature of pain and the capacity for adaptation. The tree, stripped of its vegetation and visible vitality, reminds us that true strength lies in the ability to resist, to endure despite the wounds. It is a testament to life that refuses to be extinguished, to the hope that springs from the burnt ashes.

On the left side of the work, flames engulf everything. On the right, the fire, no longer burning, has left its marks, represented here by small geometric lines and grids of soft pastel colors. Destruction here is not an end, but a turning point. It is the metamorphosis of what was into what is. From exuberance to sobriety. The burned tree does not symbolize death, but rather the resilience of its invisible roots beneath the soil, which still cling firmly to the rock and the earth, nourished by its own memory.

The burned tree is a beacon of dignity in adversity, a monument to the beauty of survival. It reminds us that even when the outward appearance fades, the essence remains. It is a call to accept the constant change in our lives. This acceptance allows us to let go of attachment and suffering, fostering a full experience of the present. The old tree stands, not because of what it has lost, but because of what it still is: an echo of its past and the promise of new stories to live and experience.


VIII National Painting Competition "Pedro Bueno"

VIII National Painting Competition "Pedro Bueno"


Valencian artist José María Cal is a finalist in the VIII Certámen Nacional Pintura “Pedro Bueno” Villa del Río (Córdoba) with his work “Dos Mundos, un Instante,” created in 2025. The oil on canvas measures 120 cm high by 120 cm wide.

 

Alcoi Exhibition


Alcoi Exhibition


The Valencian visual artist José María Cal is participating with two paintings in the group exhibition, Art i Indústria, in the beautiful mountainous city of Alcoi, Alicante:

La pell esquinçada del fruit prohibit and L’últim alé de les roselles, both 120 x 120 cm and valued at €3,500 each.

The exhibition, organized by ArteEnred, will be open to the public from Thursday, June 4th to Friday, July 31st, 2026 at the Llotja de San Jordi, Plaza de España, 1 – 03801 Alcoi (Alicante).

Solo Exhibition by Jose María Cal

The Valencian visual artist Jose María Cal presents his new solo painting exhibition. Dársena Art Space in the port of Alicante. Opening on Thursday, March 5th, and on view until June 15th, 2026.



Francisco Pedraja Painting Competition

Francisco Pedraja Painting Competition. Badajoz, Spain.

The Valencian artist José María Cal is a finalist in the III Francisco Pedraja International Painting Prize (Badajoz) with his work “Monstera Deliciosa,” created in 2025. The oil on canvas measures 120 cm high by 100 cm wide.


The exhibition will be open to the public from Wednesday, February 4 to Thursday, February 26, 2026 at the CB Foundation. Calle Montesinos, 22 – 06002 Badajoz.




8th Foios Painting Competition

The Valencian visual artist José María Cal was a finalist in the 8th Foios Painting Competition (Valencia) with his work "Beyond Dawn," created in 2025. The oil on canvas measures 120 cm high by 120 cm wide.


The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday, January 16th to Sunday, January 25th, 2026 at the Fernando Barrachina Exhibition Hall, Plaza de España, 1 – 46134 Foios (Valencia).


Review of the work: Más allá del amanecer, part of the Foios 2026 Painting Competition.

Author: Exhibition curator Neus Carceller Lacruz.

"Valencian artist Jose María Cal depicts landscapes, seeking to create a contemplative connection with nature and encouraging viewers to develop their own world and connect with the work in a profound and playful way. Like Alex Marco, Cal Carvajal attaches importance to the creative process. He explains that the work is an evolving structure, in construction and deconstruction. And mistakes, emptiness and corrections are also constituent elements of the discourse. ‘Más allá del amanecer’, the work shown in this exhibition, follows the usual line of work in abstract landscapes with figurative references. These figurative references help us to interpret the work. A free interpretation that seeks to reflect on the representation of the landscape and the individual way of preserving the territory. The figurative forms that appear subtly suggest a representation of memories and dreams as things that we know existed but cannot prove".

El Baño en el Río

 EL BAÑO EN EL RÍO



-Year 2025
- Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Price: 2,100 euros


Within his usual discourse specializing in nature and landscape, he approaches this work from a tropical exoticism. We find ourselves on the river. We climb the rocks and plunge in again and again. The landscape actually represents the painter's nostalgia, who, in his old memories and lost longings, conveys this yearning through natural environments full of lines, marks, and textures. The visual plasticity of the tropics allows him to express a new language where colorful poetry enables him to explore collage-like compositions that combine abstraction and figuration, represented by geometric elements and drips of oil paint in an expressionist style.