ANDRE DESJARDINS
Organic Abstraction

“My artwork is a way of communicating the silence that is inside each of us, filling the world with peace and harmony.” -- Andre Desjardins CLICK HERE FOR FULL BIO
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ORIGINAL PAINTINGS (Oil and pigment on Canvas)
	AMITIE ETERNELLE 28" x 30" Even as she dreams, she is determined not to allow these many months of separation to erode the memory of the love that was so long in coming and the eternal friendship that is hers with every heartbeat.	ALEACION 20" x 20"
	ARZOBISPAL 30" x 40"	BOSQUE 42" x 42"
	CAMBIODE DE ESTACION 24" x 18"	CERRAR 54" x 54"
	DE TIERRA Y... 43.5" x 43.5"	ECLIPSE 36" x 36"
	ECLIPSE DE TIEMPO I 48" x 48"	EN EL NOMBRE DE 54" x 66"
	ESPACIO CEREMONIAL 48" x 48"	ESPEJODE AQUA 23.5" x 23.5"
	FARO 24" x 18"	FIN DE OTONO 24" x 36"
	GEOGRAFIAS ENCONTRADES 48" x 48"	GERMINADO 24" x 36"
	HOMENA AL CUADRADO I 23.5" x 23.5"	HOMENA AL CUADRADO II 24" x 24"
	INTERIOR 31.5" x 19.5"	KASINA 48" x 48"
	ORTOGONAL 24" x 36"	ORTOGONAL I 20" x 20"
	MESA 36" x 36"	PAISAJE CITADINO I 20" x 20"
	PAISAJE CITADINO II 20" x 20"	PAISAJE CITADINO III 20" x 20"
	PAISAJE SOLAR 42" x 42"	PAISAJE URBANO 19" x 19
	SIN TITULO 20" x 31"	SIN TITULO I 35" x 55"
	TERCER OJO 18" x 24"	TRANSMUTATION 32" x 12.5"
	VARIACIONES 23.5" x 23.5"	VIENTO 28" x 38"
	VITRAL DE INVIERNO 36" x 36"
Andre Desjardins - BIO (back to top)

“My artwork is a way of communicating the silence that is inside each of us, filling the world with peace and harmony.” Carlos Torres was born in Bogota, Columbia in 1955 and found himself interested in the world of art at a very young age. While an anthropology student at Universidad Nacional Bogota, Torres gained a unique perspective on the energy and spirituality of the human condition which ultimately redirected his ambitions. He changed his course of study and subsequently graduated with a Degree in Art. This unique background and his intimate exposure to the artifacts of the ancients have inspired Carlos’ unique use of textures and warm earth-tones and the energetic magnetism that is so obvious in his works. Each of his pieces of art, whether it be a painting or a sculpture, evokes an emotional response from the viewer, a sense of spirituality from deep within, perhaps even the same type of spiritual feeling that Carlos himself experienced at dig sites in his native Columbia as a student. “Through the language of art, we are able to look at our world with new perspective, for it communicates the subtleties of life to us at their most basic levels. Art touches us all, for it has an eternal soul, a nature that expresses feelings with unmatched clarity.” After immigrating to the United States in 1980, Carlos quickly began to regard his new country as his portal to the world, a base from which to launch exhibitions throughout the Americas including Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Peru, and, of course, the United States itself. Carlos Torres now enjoys a close relationship with his wife and three daughters in Southern California which has allowed him to stay on track as an artist and develop a style that he refers to as “Organic Abstraction” His paintings and sculptures range from highly organic textural pieces that feature earth-tones to more geometrical offerings with an expansive color pallet and intersecting lines to create shapes that tantalize the imagination, presented in a fascinatingly abstract manner. All within the framework of “Organic Abstraction”, for the creations of nature itself derive much of their beauty and interest from geometric shapes and abstractions as well. Carlos Torres was awarded First Prize honors, establishing him as “The New Master of Painting”, at the Salon Alzate Avendano in Bogota, Columbia (the most significant art competition in Columbia) and went on to represent Columbia in a prestigious art competition held in Cuenca, Ecuador and then was among only thirty artists who were selected to participate in a second competition in Madrid, Spain. Among the distinguished collection in which the works of Carlos Torres can be found: Latin American Art Museum – Long Beach, California, USA Bogota Modern Art Museum – Bogota, Colombia Yves Jeannet Collection – Mexico Steve Dabrosky Collection – Mexico Werner Wagenman – Germany Cecil de Ave Collection – Mexico Leo Kats Collection – Colombia