Visual artist José Spencer grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where his creative talents developed and emerged. Art has always played an integral part in his life, even when he pursued a long career in the animal medical field. José now lives in Massachusetts, where he creates art full-time. His abstract paintings reflect his love of the natural world as full of disruptive and yet binding tensions, the clear struggle between a gardener and climate change.
José Spencer's Style
Drawing upon influences as diverse as the shades of green in his gardens, Artist José Spencer submerges himself in abstraction. Ever the plantsman, it is here where his inspiration derives.
Vigorous brushstrokes and abstract structures characterize Spencer's moody landscape scenes of flora and fauna.
The interest here is not on capturing the light or painting the flower just right. His paintings are born from feeling, what was felt, what was remembered. Any attempt at capturing the environment or the surroundings in a painting are all integrated into the spontaneous emotion, which motivates or inspires the work.
