manuel abarca art


​Welcome to the web studio 
of manuel abarca.  The digital images of the drawings and paintings are for viewing only.  The drawings and paintings  and their digital photos are protected by United States Copyright Law and any reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
Welcome

80% of the site could be considered a celebration of the male figure.  Male nudes are the subject of charcoal drawings and oil paintings.

Landscapes make up the remaining 20% of the work. The landscapes are rendered as drawings done in oil pastels and as paintings done in oils.  The landscapes deal with the beauty of the natural world.

All the landscapes are done from direct observation, as well as 75% of nudes.  The nudes which are not done from direct observation, are done from imagination.  None of the work is done from photographs.
​Biographical 


Artist Statement


Citizen:  United States

Education:  Texas A&M,Kingsville,
                     Bachelor of Science,
                     Biology/Chemistry/Education                                     

Instruction in Art:
           Del Mar College, 
           Corpus Christi, Texas;
           drawing & painting classes

  also, some summer sessions in
  New York;

           Summer 1995,            
            Parsons/ New York;
            drawing & painting classes;                

           Summer 1997 & 1999,
           New York Studio School  
           of Drawing,  Painting, & Sculpture;
           drawing /painting w/ Graham Nickson.


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detail of Ganymede II, charcoal on cardboard, done in January of 2010 by Abarca.  The entire drawing   is shown on page 2 of this website.