Pintura y collage sobre papel 45 x 34 cm Title Beings. Watchtower. Collage painting made from other fragments of other works. Canals Universe In the pictorial universe of Juan Canals, abstraction and figuration go hand in hand. Elliptical and suggestive brushstrokes are spread over cut-out planes with marked and expressive scissors, his paintings are usually in relief, include collage, mixed techniques, impasto... His compositions are risky, in some of them a diagonal element can intentionally break the stability of various rectangular blocks and the actions are usually deployed in a close-up that is tactile, close to the viewer. Here the work obeys an internal need and takes place in intimate spaces, Canals is one of those artists in extinction who creates patiently, day by day, prioritizing the enjoyment of painting above any other motivation. The metaphorical capacity of his images is based on opposing calculation, he creates the signifiers without defining the meanings, he trusts in intuition and spontaneity, the visual results that are achieved here involve the world of childhood, his characters are forged with the emotion that a child feels when he plays, carefree, immersed in his universe and surrendered to the present moment. Something of that purity of l'enfant terrible is preserved intact in the work of this creator. In the pictorial universe of Juan Canals, abstraction and figuration go hand in hand. Elliptical and suggestive brushstrokes are spread over cut-out planes with marked and expressive scissors, his paintings are usually in relief, include collage, mixed techniques, impasto... His compositions are risky, in some of them a diagonal element can intentionally break the stability of various rectangular blocks and the actions are usually deployed in a close-up that is tactile, close to the viewer. Here the work obeys an internal need and takes place in intimate spaces, Canals is one of those artists in extinction who creates patiently, day by day, prioritizing the enjoyment of painting above any other motivation. The metaphorical capacity of his images is based on opposing calculation, he creates the signifiers without defining the meanings, he trusts in intuition and spontaneity, the visual results that are achieved here involve the world of childhood, his characters are forged with the emotion that a child feels when he plays, carefree, immersed in his universe and surrendered to the present moment. Something of that purity of l'enfant terrible is preserved intact in the work of this creator. �ngel Alonso. Barcelona. Espa�a