Description

Natalia. Belin. £365.00. Edition size: 60. 117 x 78 cm (46 x 31 inches). Paper BFK Rives 300 g. Lithograph on stone 2 colors printed with Marinoni press lithographic and hand cut. Signed and numbered by the artist. This lithograph on stone represents Belin's eldest daughter, Natalia, as she is undoubtedly his greatest source of inspiration. More than a tribute to his daughter, it is also a tribute to his Spanish culture with some details of his lithograph such as flowers prints, style and yellow : can you feel the sun and warmth from South of Spain ?. The lithograph of Natalia has been created on stone, which is a printmaking technique where the artist directly paints or draws onto a flat stone to create an image. The artist starts by painting or drawing on the stone with a greasy substance. Then, the stone is wetted and rolled with an oil-based ink, which will be picked up only by the greasy parts of the stone. Finally, a piece of paper is pressed into the stone, letting the ink being transferred from the stone to the paper. This creation is the perfect representation of the Post Neo Cubism style of Belin, as we see the balance between the hyper realistic, nearly frozen, appearance of the eyes, the ears, the mouth and the nose of Natalia and the surrealistic simple geometric forms of the hair, which creates a certain sensation of movement. With "Natalia" lithograph on stone, Belin abandoned his palette of vivid color to focus on shades of gray, which add a greater sense of depth and volume to his subject.