Spanish artist Jose Escofet

A Rose Shrub, oil on canvas, 2000. Painting by Spanish artist Jose Escofet

Spanish artist Jose Escofet was born in 1930 in Terrassa, Province of Barcelona. In 1952 he moved to Barcelona and worked for the next 25 years as a free lance graphic artist, while developing his paintings in his studio at home. Painting by Jose Escofet has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions since 1987 in Spain, England, the USA, Italy, Switzerland. Jose Escofet has always influenced by the Dutch and Spanish Schools of Still- Life painting. He became totally fascinated and absorbed by the inexhaustible variety of Flora and Fauna and wanted to capture this in paintings. In 1979 the artist moved to England with his English wife and 3 children where he currently lives.

A Rose Shrub, detail. Painting by Spanish artist Jose Escofet

“I find the microcosm in nature totally absorbing and beautiful in an ‘other worldly’ and magical way and, without doubt, endlessly inspiring. This connection with nature has proved for me an inspiration that has lasted many years and produced many exhibitions of work. I was depicting plants set within small intimate landscapes – where the ground, the insects and the background gain equal weight in the composition”.

A Summer Haze, oil on canvas, 2004. Painting by Spanish artist Jose Escofet

“There is a consciously strong fantastic and surreal feel to my current work which I continue to develop. I am trying to express my belief that in nature we are all interconnected and of equal importance – be it a plant, an insect or a human being. This is a very intimate journey.”