On the surface of the canvas and on the sheet of paper, the repetition of the strokes describes nervous beams. Colour appears as a jet and, when it congeals on the canvas, it describes textures and landscapes crossed by mythical figures, animal presences or a burst of laughter: El Teu Somriure (Your Smile) (2025). It is a painting of emotion, physical: a dance. A path of self-discovery and, at the same time, an act of hope.
"Birth and death—says Pratts—are universal acts, but they are experienced privately. These paintings are my tools to think about myself and face these acts. Love, melancholy and longing are ideas that converge in ‘Florescence’. I understand these three states as driving forces of transformation."
The works brought together in "Florescence" seem determined to restore the balance between presence and absence, between the luminosity of the day and nocturnal lethargy. If vitality and exuberance are the traits that characterize Pratts' work, this exhibition becomes an invitation to celebrate life, with everything it entails: both its revulsive force and its fleeting condition.
Marc Navarro