Pilar is a self-taught artist. Born in Mallorca, Spain, she was brought up in an old-fashioned household where girls were not encouraged to pursue their talents. It wasn't until she was 43 years old and almost finished raising a family that Pilar started developing her art, beginning with sculptures in stoneware clay. Almost immediately, she was showing in galleries and juried museum shows. Within a few years, she had expanded her artistic palette to include watercolor and oil painting, mixed media and hand-painted furniture.

Full of dramatic color, shape and expression, Pilar's art demonstrates a distinct and powerful vision.

Artist Statement

I work in several mediums: oil, watercolor, and clay sculpture. To these, I often add variations. My work does not remain static. Within these different mediums, there is a common denominator that defines my style. I am primarily interested in expression. I use form, color, light and shadow, to define as strongly as I can what I want the viewer to see and feel. Whether I paint figures or landscapes, flowers or still lifes, I want to take the essence I perceive as far as I can take it. Everything speaks to me: faces, body language, the shape of a mountain; the relationship between the mountain and the plain, the sea and the shore, the objects in a still life. I strive to translate this language I hear with my painting.

My perception of things changes continually. I can paint a landscape one day, and if I paint from the same spot a week later, it will be very different, more so than any change of weather or time would justify. I want to paint what I feel at that certain moment, uncalculated. My work often surprises me; it turns out different from what I started to do in the beginning. It is representative, but represents my own reality.