Oriol Angrill Jordà
is a young Spanish artist based in Palma de Mallorca. Jordà claims that he is still searching for his own style, but his artwork is both distinct and hyper-real, using a combination of techniques with pastel, watercolours, pencils, acrylics, charcoal and drypoint. He has been exhibiting his work since 2008 and he now has an extensive portfolio of fresh and fluid works. He states that when he encountered Esher’s work during his studies, it was the turning point that made him to fully commit to excel in graphics. Some of his early work in graphite and charcoal echoes this influence. The majority of his work shows female figures and faces. Some of his “blendscapes” use a palette of colours that may be reminiscent of the Wharholesque period, while being brighter and translucent, with landscape textures embedded in human figures.
After what appears to be a somewhat troubled start in school, he gradually worked his way into art and particularly illustration. He successfully completed a degree in illustration at Escuela Superior de Diseño de las Iles Baleares and continued with a course in print making at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London in 2011. Perhaps the ongoing and continued search that is the evolution of Jordà’s work, is a true sign of the beginning of real mastership.
