Joan J. Silvestre Bataller's Page

"Good idea! It was a surprise when I saw them today. It is very pleasing to be well received! The banners are beautiful. My favourites ones are: 6th, 3rd, 4th"

"Very reality! fantastic!"

"I love your thinking person's approach to Spacescapes. You put us right there in the picture."

"Thanks Mario, you have understood exactly what I tried to reflect with this vision! I wished to create a very simple view, nearly abstract (then, more mysterious) and "plenty of  emptiness" to raise the feelings of solitude, dizziness…"

"This is perfect! At three times the height of Everest you've got the majestic scale of the mountain overwhelming the scene, just as it would be if one were standing at the observation point in the painting. Just as Nick said: "... the…"

"Fascinating piece. An "Alvin" or "Deep Rover" type submersible beneath the ice sheet looking for creatures. Jupiter looming overhead as we peer upward through the ice. Very avant-garde and very beautiful."

"Beautiful! I wish to be there!"

"Thanks Mario for your nice words. Even if I normally work with photoshop to create the compositions of space scapes, I'm also a "plen air" painter of "terrestrials" landscapes, I use oil and pastels. It is true that there is…"

"Hi Joan, Just saw this painting on the home page. What a beautiful composition this is. Nick said it for me, plus "Old Sol" peeking in above the horizon is sweet. Masterful!"

"I love the way your landscapes look somewhere in between painted, photographic and CGI."