2007-08 Portraits

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The Miami Herald

....coinciding and harmonious worlds are translated into meticulously constructed paintings....part of an internal architecture subtly created by Perez Franco, vindication of his academic formation....On the artist's horizon, the human figure is but an element of a superior architecture in which we can define the diversity of Latin American expression.

Armando Alvarez-Bravo

The Miami Herald

Latin American Art Magazine

....Color also helps to secure a compositional balance between the painting's design elements and its context.... Subtle references through the works identify important factors of the reality depicted by the artist....Perez Franco said recently of his work, 'Through my painting, I attempt to encourage the viewer to delve deeper, evoking a passion for life...and all aspects of the daily ritual.' His distinctive characters do precisely that...

Carol Damian, Ph.D.

Art Critic / Historian

Latin American Art Magazine

University of Zulia

...Uruguayan abstract figurative artist Carlos Perez-Franco offers an intense portrayal of our society, capturing the subtleties of each diverse segment of its complex heritage, crystallizing natural human emotions and easily reaching the essence of diverse concepts and imagery....

Victor Fuenmayor, Ph.D.

Writer/Professor

University of Zulia

UCal - Berkeley

...compelling works, a contemporary interpretation of classic aesthetics drawn respectfully from modern masters as diverse as Picasso and Cezanne, then actualized through his original perspective.... an uncanny ability to balance and unify.... Uruguayan artist Perez-Franco injects his soul into receptive subjects, relaying a positive message through incarnate figures and stimulating forms...

Profesor Leiber Ph.D.

Philosophy of Sciences

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA

Diario Panorama

.... Uruguayan artist Carlos Perez-Franco takes neither the high nor the low road to artistic expression. His works are honest, his message pure, never does he reflect a paranoiac desire to confuse, ambush, or condescend upon the observer .... a profound expression of human feeling that appeals to both the casual viewer and the art connoisseur...

El Diario Panorama

Maracaibo ,Venezuela

Diario de las Americas

"...beautiful works on canvas, the result of Uruguayan artist Perez-Franco's continued search for new forms of artistic expression from within his socio-cultural medium...."

Guillermo Cabrera Leiva

Diario de las Americas

Miami, FL

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