Observations On Perception

Ricardo Federico Morín Tortolero’s visual work examines the relationship between form, perception, and interior experience.    Each abstract composition begins as an inquiry into balance:    how form can disclose states of clarity and how its physicality can evoke a mood rather than an illustration.    Through series such as Triangulation, Metaphors of Silence, and Infinity, he approaches geometry as both discipline and meditation, where abstraction becomes a language of continuity instead of reduction.

His paintings and prints employ rigorous composition, an exuberant chromatic palette, and a deliberate sense of rhythm to create spaces that invite contemplation.    Color, texture, and proportion function not as ends in themselves but as instruments of perception: the means for recognizing what remains constant amid transformation.    His work reflects a sustained search for correspondence between the visible and the interior, where seeing becomes a way of understanding.

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Curriculum:

• Advanced Digital Technologies, N.Y.U. [2003]
• M.F.A., Yale University, Design Department, School of Drama, Ct. [1983]
• Stage Design Seminars, Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst Salzburg, Austria, [1979]
• B.F.A., Studio Arts, Art History and Philosophy at S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, N.Y. [1980]

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Art Portfolio: www.ricardomorin.com