Landscape is one of the great themes in the History of Art. Few artists, from one perspective or another, can resist trying to capture its beauty and immensity.
For years, Isabel Gil has been working on the theme of abandoned and invaded houses—houses surrounded, inhabited, or even destroyed by vegetation. These ruins speak of human presence, which at one time can control the environment in which they are built, but which, in just a few years, reveal their fragility, just like our bodies and our lives.
This vision of the landscape arises from quiet wonder, a moment of calm in which one pauses to contemplate and become aware that we are part of it. In this spirit, these works are classified into three groups:
-Flowers: beauty and perfection in their simplest form. Sometimes painted on canvas, other times on handmade fabrics, because these paintings connect with another line of research called “Hilván”*
-Landscapes on canvas: where the reference can be a photo or a sketch from nature, although then the painting evolves to what the canvas suggests, and any resemblance to reality will be pure coincidence.
-Painted sketches from life on cardboard.