The author, Oscar Montes, is a Colombian architect whose deep-rooted interest in the arts has been present since an early age. Throughout his creative process, he has discovered in painting and drawing a means to materialize his ideas, beliefs, and lived experiences through an extensive series of works that articulate his perception of the world, the passage of time, interpersonal relationships, and his spatial existence.

In this particular project, Montes delves into the emotional resonance and symbolic weight of natural elements, specifically flowers. He utilizes these organic forms as vehicles for the expression of complex emotions and transient moments, captured through his drawings, which he regards as the culmination of a deeply personal and introspective dialogue.

“For me, flowers represent an extension of emotions and sentiments within a specific time and space. They establish a direct connection to a moment, a place, a person, and/or a particular object; and in one way or another, they complete us.”

My artistic technique is founded on fluid finger drawing. I paint and draw using my own hands, employing my fingers as the primary tool to create abstract representations of flowers within compositions that intertwine through form and color.