The inspiration for this painting came from a plant I have at home in Barcelona, a beautiful ficus.I am amazed by the pure force of this plant, which has been growing day after day, month after month, year after year, giving life to several new beautiful green leaves full of powerful nerves.

In the painting, I wanted to replicate a zoom-in of what I see, similar to when you look intensively at something beautiful and you can feel part of it. Feeling the life that goes through the veins, almost feeling the breathing. 

It’s a reflection on the importance of focusing on what is important, what gives us joy, the little things. So often in this world full of possibilities we take for granted the beauty around us, always looking for the next big thing, trying to have more and “better” options. The risk is that we don’t recognize the beauty that surrounds us, that we don’t celebrate it until it’s too late and it’s lost. 

That’s why I wanted to take a moment to celebrate plants, and I thought to do so by imitating an X-ray of a plant leave as if you could see on the inside. Similar to the ones humans do when they want to check everything is ok inside their body. X-Ray usually comes in black and white for men, but it’s not the case for a plant. Green is obviously the dominant color, but without water and sunlight, a plant can’t live for long. The little lines of blue stand for the veins of the plant, full of the water that brings her life and hydration, and the yellow pots represent the sunlight that touches the plant and keeps it happy and healthy.

After all, it’s not a casualty that when you mix blue and yellow, it gives you green.