Fernando Tena

oil on canvas, 207 x 137 cm.

The blue, black and red strips form the artist's initial. The red, green and black strips form a woman's initial. Tena creates a closed world with no contact with the outside. They are hermits.

2004, Diptych, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm (each)

Tena thinks that abstract painting is a combination of colours and shapes. Drawing from a previous sketch, the lines can be straight or curved, and some other times the lines are drawn with no premeditation.

'Jorge Gomes, a good friend who was always interested in art, told me: Hey, you have to really put garbage bags in your painting, and I named the painting after this joke'.

2007, Diptych, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 20 cm (each).

Memories of a trip to Egypt that Tena never made. Nevertheless, his brother, cousins and grandparents did make the journey.

2003, Triptych, mixed media on canvas, 125 x 70 cm (each).

The word snake can only be associated with this work in the initial sketch, Why earring?

For Tena, words are sometimes put together, to make sentences or expressions, perhaps with no meaning but they might bring us back childhood memories.

2006, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

From the mythical Camelot to Borges' Aleph, everybody has been searching for the same purpose: the place where universe converges.

2007, oil on canvas, 150 x 25 cm.

In a puzzle, all pieces do not always fit in together. Doubt is part of our life. Tena thinks that truth will eventually appear through doubt.

2007, Triptych, mixed media on canvas.

The artist shows all his skill in a triptych by summarizing music, light and colour.

2007, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Detail of left panel.

2007, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Detail of right panel.

2007, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Detail of center panel.

triptych, mixed media on canvas, 120 x 80 cm. each.

In this painting, Tena tries to represent lotto's  winning combination.

'If you believe in luck, you will have it one day'.

mixed media on canvas, 120 x 80 cm. 

Detail of right panel.

mixed media on canvas, 120 x 80 cm.

Detail of center panel.

mixed media on canvas, 120 x 80 cm.

Detail of left panel.

mixed media on canvas, 150 x 80 cm.

A party with no clowns, is not a party.

'I remember the parties my grandfather used to organize for his grandchildren. Clowns were always there and the fun was tremendous'.

Diptych, mixed media on canvas, 80x 120 cm. (each)

Tena has no real passion for sailing.

'My uncle Pepe has always been a great sailor. He was able to transmit a real passion for sailing'.

diptych, mixed media on canvas, 80 x 120 cm. (each)

How do women have fun?

Diptych, mixed media on canvas, 60 x 92 cm (each).

The Guardian Angel, a Saint, an alien, a very special being. This is what Tena tries to reproduce in this painting.

mixed media on canvas, 120 x 80 cm.

For Tena, the words 'lucky number' mean profit.

'As long as you don´t loose, you always gain something'.

Diptych, mixed media on canvas.