Ethnicity:
Jose Higuera was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1966, however, his parents were Spanish by origin, so when he was two years old, Jose's family moved back to Spain.
Jose Higuera was born on May 6, 1966 in Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Since an early age he showed a defined interest in drawing and painting, being this a tendency noticed by his school teachers. Encouraged by his teachers and his family, Jose was provided of the needed material to pursue his artistic talent resulting in the fact that at the age of ten years he had already produced his first oil painting. His grandmother decided to put him under the tuition of local artists to initiate him in the knowledge of some techniques of this art and start him painting mainly landscapes; although it should be noted that Jose is basically a self-taught artist with the inevitable influences of the creative movements that he develops with his own style being realism the basis of all his work.
Jose Higuera has a solid career in Spain and the United States. His first exhibitions were greeted with great interest by the critics and the public and soon made the first sales that encouraged him to continue on the not-always-easy road of the art of painting as a profession.
Over the past few years, Higuera works exclusively with art gallery and auction house "Madrid Rodsu", which gave him the necessary experience in dealing with the public and professional contacts needed for professional training in painting.
He currently lives and works in Cantabria, Spain, where the surrounding reality tirelessly provides his ideas.
Quotations:
"I’m a realistic painter and I try to capture the beauty of the real things that surround me, I like a wonderful landscape, the tender scene of a child playing with his pet or the natural beauty of a young woman, as a part of my works and not only a mere photographic representation."
"The loyalty to yourself, to your own beliefs is also something you have to defend fiercely; it is very important to have a clear idea of what your aim is although there must always be an open door for improvisation - to be like a selective sponge allowing to receive everything and then selecting what can be added to the direction that you already had. Important is also to be brave when making decisions both professionally and personally."
