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New cityscapes by Cristóbal Pérez García that capture the intensity of human life

Spanish contemporary artist Cristóbal Pérez García – featured previously – is someone who loves to get swept up in the moment and paint right in the heart of a busy city, capturing the energy and spirit of his surroundings.

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Baroque cathedral with ornate dome and bell tower in a sunlit plaza surrounded by ochre-coloured buildings and scattered pedestrians in an urban square

Creating energetic oil paintings of the urban landscape from a pedestrian's perspective, he likes to choose dusk and dawn to play with the light, and show different sides to places such as London, New York, Barcelona and Rome.

He explains: "I tell a story, an anecdote, a light, an emotion, a moment of someone in their world and the world in which they are condemned to understand or destroy. I reflect a past, present and future where nature always wins against the superb human being."

His playful, distinctive brushstrokes bring each of his paintings to life, showing the frenzy of metropolises that never sleep and perhaps hinting at the impact humans are having on our precious planet. Discover more at cristobalperezgarcia.com.

All images courtesy of Cristóbal Pérez García

Urban street scene with modern apartment buildings, shops and parked cars under a partly cloudy sky, painted with loose brushstrokes in warm and cool tones
New York City skyline with the Empire State Building and One World Trade Centre visible amid towering skyscrapers under a cloudy sky at dusk
A sunlit Madrid street intersection with a distinctive corner building, zebra crossing and classical architecture lining the avenue under clear sky
Railway tracks converging toward a tunnel beneath a bridge, with overhead power lines and industrial buildings under a cloudy sky, painted in oils with reflections on wet ground
Brooklyn Bridge viewed from underneath with parked cars, bare tree branches and urban infrastructure, painted in oil by Cristóbal Pérez García
New York City skyline at dusk with the Empire State Building prominent on the right, bathed in golden light above a sprawling urban landscape and distant waterway
Brandenburg Gate silhouetted against a golden sunset, with cars and traffic lights on a wet Berlin street
Madrid street scene at night with illuminated historic buildings, a red bus and pedestrians in the plaza
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