Barbosa’s paintings are dedicated to the free expression of his ideas. They feature singularly glossy surfaces that draw us in and urge us to focus on the roiling, dynamic compositions beneath which seem to spread out beyond the edges of the canvas. Barbosa has perfected a beautiful mixed media on canvas technique that could be best viewed as an outgrowth of glazing. The paintings project a lucidity that deploys color in large fields with incorporations of texture and form that expands upon the tendency of Color Field painting within Abstract Expressionism.
A desire for transcendence and the infinite, Javier’s paintings exploit the expressive power of color and communicate intense emotions that come from within and allow the viewer to interpret their own experience and see within them something deep, beyond the colors in the painting. “It doesn’t matter what we do, but most importantly how we do it and how we connect with it,” he says.
