Rack, Shack, and Benny oil on canvas 70x96 inches 2023 $40,000

Few Are Chosen oil on canvas 70x88 inches 2023 $37,000

Herod the Great oil on canvas 70x85 inches 2023 $36,000

Jezebel oil on canvas 37x69 inches 2023 $15,000

Samson oil on canvas 48x70 inches 2023 $20,000

Joseph; Ruler of Egypt oil on canvas 52x70 inces. 2023 $22,000

King David oil on canvas 70x88 inches 2023 $37,000

Rule Them with a Rod of Iron oil on canvas 46x58 inches 2023 $16,000

Potiphar’s Wife oil on canvas 52x64 inches 2023 $20,000

contact info:

Julio Alberto Sanchez

175 NE 64th TER

Miami, FL 33138

818 - 200 - 8573

sanchezartstudio@yahoo.com

bio:

Although the work of Cuban-born painter, Julio Alberto Sanchez, emphasizes social concerns an biblical issues; there is also a conscious use of surrealist elements which transmute toward a private and mysterious symbolism. Sanchez plays with a network of art-historical and visual affinities, using curious, robotic amalgamations of man and machine in stage-like settings.

His palette consists of “Sangre, arena, y noche”, as one reviewer wrote, which furthers the mood of dream imagery and the subconscious. Sanchez acknowledges automatic painting as an influence; “The brush takes control, I merely hold it.” He says. The figures are personal and estranged, yet they all possess human qualities and emotions. Whether he creates using oils on paper or canvas, Sanchez’s technique varies from smooth flat surfaces and colors, to highly textured realms and hues.

The painter's travel throughout life has brought him from Cuba, New York, Connecticut, Barcelona, Los Angeles, and Miami, where he currently resides. In 1989 he graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts and initiated Sanchez Studios in nearby Connecticut. He was awarded two state grants; Connecticut in 1991, and in California following the L.A. Riots in 1993. Throughout the years the public has viewed his paintings in galleries, businesses, television and museums throughout the United States.

“…the painter has his own personal vision… seemingly he is an instinctive surrealist with a penchant for the same hard light de Chirico uses in his metaphysical canvases.”

- Vivian Raynor, The New York Times