Leon Gallery wishes to thank Fundacion Sanso for confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

The bluish glow which suffuses the horizontality of the composition dramatizes immense rugged vistas empty of people. Quite safely one can say that the real subject of the painting is the magical of sinister light and shadow on this empty vista. About his creative process, Sanso reveals: “First I think of things in space, in light and the objects spring out of the picture slowly.” Richly detailed in value and fine textures, the desolation suggests a silent life of its own, projecting an indomitable presence like a jagged rock sinking into or rising from gravelly dunes. Sanso has remained faithful to his vision of reality — of surrealist — brooding images of desolation and fine traditional draftsmanship have remained rock steady elements in Sanso’s paintings over decades, proving in the process that artists need not change styles if there is no intrinsic need to. Thus, whether the view is of Brittany, Paranaque, Cavite, Montalban or a mere pantalan, it actually is a mindscape created by a romantic artist in catharsis.