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26 x 26 cm From an original oil on canvas by Raul Speek. Raul’s abstract work is an arena he has always explored. He was encouraged by artists like Mimmo Rotella, who he worked with at the Havana Biennale, and clients at the Rene Portocarrero Screen Printing Studio. Raul was a founder member of the studio and clients came from all over the world to use the print facility there.
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A4 and A3 From an original oil on canvas by Raul Speek. Raul has absorbed the mythology and colours of Wales over the time he has lived here. He is currently working on a series of these partially monochrome but textured images.
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A4 and A3. From an original watercolour by Raul Speek featuring the mythology and colours of Cuba
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on card by Raul Speek. This image with its scorching colours is a cross over between Magical Realism and Raul’s landscape work. It holds the colour of Cuba alongside the cottage and dramatic hillside of Wales.
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on canvas with found work by Raul Speek. Raul’s religious iconography forms one of the major themes of his work. There's a frequent assumption that Castro would have banned religion in Cuba during the years of the revolution but he knew his people too well to do that. Raul was raised as a Christian and still has a strong faith.
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on canvas with found work by Raul Speek. Raul’s magical realism is a theme that runs throughout his work and is central to the culture of South America. The Provider explores the role of women in the home and the burdens they carry to feed and maintain the family, often in times of poverty.
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on canvas painting by Raul Speek. Raul is in love with the stone-built villages of Wales and the way they nestle into the landscape. They sometimes represent centuries of security for those who have lived in them. Having led a bit of a nomadic life himself, Raul is fascinated by the idea of such long attachment to roots and culture.
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on canvas painting by Raul Speek. This is part of a series of images and is centred on the fact that in Raul’s home country women provide for the home and the family. Although, since the Cuban Revolution, equality has been part of everyday life, Raul acknowledges that women still are the centre of the home, often carrying home from the market the food for the family on their heads. So, these paintings aren’t just about the physical fact of carrying, they also represent the degree of responsibility women hold.
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on canvas painting by Raul Speek. It’s night-time and the sounds are distant, leaving the natural movement of the water to sing its own song. The water reaches out to cover the sand, leaving some almost white in the moonlight. As Raul watches this happening, he sits and dreams of how life works in cycles and has its own rhythm that man cannot change.
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A3 and A2 From an original oil on canvas painting by Raul Speek. Raul is fascinated by old photographs of Welsh women in their national dress and feels they should be acknowledged as being important to their culture. The clothes, the colours, and the sentiment of the tea ceremony in Welsh homes may be of times gone by, but they are still important to remember.
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A3 and A2 From an original mixed media on canvas painting by Raul Speek. Abstract 1 and Abstract 2 are separate expressions of the weather and the light as two times of the day: at dawn and at the turn of evening. They’re not sold as a pair, although they could easily belong together.
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A3 and A2 From an original mixed media on canvas painting by Raul Speek. Abstract 1 and Abstract 2 are separate expressions of the weather and the light as two times of the day: at dawn and at the turn of evening. They’re not sold as a pair, although they could easily belong together.
