Carrer Rauric

This painting is an all around view of my apartment in Barcelona, it shows everything there is from the kitchen sink to the fire extinguisher all of which are painted in a very matter of fact realistic manner. The space in the painting can be read in much the same way as a map; a flat surface which relates one place to another and yet this is not an architects plan. The space comes and goes as objects are rendered to look and feel three dimensional but instead of moving fully into the picture plane as in traditional Renaissance perspective we can also move up or down the picture plane rather like in Indian, Chinese or Egyptian pictures. But the painting is more than just an inventory of the apartment it is also a story, there are figures - activity. Adding another layer to the picture is the element of time which has crept in because we can see through the bedroom window that night has fallen.