it depicts a mother and child submerged
in the blue of the ocean. The life
connection, awakened within the
colour, communicated a soul's
understanding of all life as one, and it
drew me into the body of his work. And
I loved it enough to research and read
more.
The promise that surfaced in the
young lad's work was fulfilled. De Haro
has had a glowing career, with
numerous worldwide exhibitions, with
response from museums who bought
his work and from art bodies who
Aguas Y Luces, Watercolour, 1985
supported his passion. From a young
age he had the privilage of following his heart and living his dream, and now in the winter of his life he
can step back in and know he fulfilled that first promise. It's not every artist that receives recognition within
their lifetime. But De Haro, is the type of man who would appreciate this, too. He's seen the tough times,
when he was involved in a serious road traffic accident and nearly lost his life in 1990 , then he had to
walk away from his scuba, and revisit his voice as he searched his spirit for the form that the sea had
imprinted there. But he had tasted the flavour, so he found his way within to transcribe from memory.
One of my favorite paintings is his 'Las Sandalias
del Pescador;' of course from a writerly perspective
I loved its title as it immediately brought to mind
fish wearing flip flops, high heels and shoes of all
types as they went about their affairs. And of
course on further reading I discovered that this
image is of fish seen through an old microscope,
but that's the beauty of art, the viewer gets to
transcribe their own impression onto the artists'
voice.
De Haro has spent a lifetime working on his
passion: Painting and the seas. He became a scuba
diver to investigate, appreciate, understand and
capture the beauty of the underwater landscape;
when he could no longer dive he found a way to
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continue for that's the drive of passion. Each of
Dominguez's paintings carries a conservation message about a future devastated by pollution. Poetry,
music and hope live within his work, Dominquez has successfully exhibited in Europe, UK. and the US.
And I glad to discover that a permanent exhibiton of his work can be found in Granada, for it makes it
accessible for me to visit at will. For those who want more information about his life work, his profile
and a complete biography with a list of exhibions past and upcoming and a list of museums that own his
work can be accessed through his website and on Wikipedia.