Jordi Cañellas (1953) - Lago entre árboles

Pictura Subastas presents this magnificent work of art by Jordi Cañellas, depicting a small boat beside a lake, framed by trees and facing a landscape of mountains under a bright sky. The painting stands out for its excellent technique and the high pictorial quality it conveys. • Frame dimensions: 27x33x3 cm. • Artwork dimensions: 25x31 cm. • Oil on board hand-signed by the artist in the lower right corner, Cañellas. • The piece is in good conservation condition. • The work is sold with a beautiful frame (included in the auction as a gift). The work comes from an exclusive private collection in Girona. Important note: the included photographs are an integral part of the lot description. The painting will be professionally packed by an IVEX expert (https://www.instagram.com/ivex.online/), using high-quality materials to ensure its protection. The shipping price covers both the cost of professional packaging and the transport itself. Shipping will be carried out by Correos, GLS, or NACEX with tracking. International shipping is available. This painting presents a mountain landscape viewed from the shore of a lake or stream. In the foreground, a small boat occupies the lower part of the scene: its hull, in reddish and ochre tones, stretches horizontally over the water, while a light sail rises to the left and stands out for its triangular shape. The turquoise blue surrounding the boat suggests a calm surface, though with reflections and color variations that give it life. The boat becomes a focal point for the gaze and establishes a human scale against the vastness of the mountains in the background. On both sides, tall trees rise up whose dark, vertical trunks frame the view. Especially on the right, several narrow trunks, marked by bluish, purplish, and pinkish hues, form a kind of natural curtain that contrasts with the central landscape opening. On the left, the branches and leaves extend more irregularly, with muted greens, ochres, and small bluish accents. Between the trees, open gaps allow the line of the water and the distant shapes to be discovered, creating the impression of observing the panorama from a sheltered, shaded corner. In the middle ground, the shoreline is drawn with bands of earth, vegetation, and reflections that cut across the composition. Warm tones—ochre, pink, earth, and brown—alternate with greens and blues, shaping the bank and the areas that extend toward the water. Beyond, gentle slopes lead the eye to a chain of irregularly contoured mountains. Their summits and slopes appear in varying shades of blue, gray, and green, with some lighter areas suggesting the incidence of light. The succession of planes creates a pleasant sense of distance and makes the landscape seem to extend far beyond the frame. The sky, wide and luminous, covers the top and softens the presence of the mountains. Its light tones, ranging from gray to pale blue and cream, convey a serene atmosphere, perhaps of a cool morning or a somewhat cloudy day. The light is distributed without producing harsh contrasts: it illuminates the peaks, caresses the water surface, and leaves the foreground trees in a darker shadow. This play between clarity and shade organizes the scene naturally; from the dark foreground framed by the trees, the gaze moves toward the boat, crosses the water, and finally reaches the open mountains under the sky. Taken together, the painting represents a mountain landscape by the water, viewed from a wooded spot and accompanied by a small sailing boat. The combination of nearby trees, a warm shore, bluish reflections, and distant mountains creates a scene of great depth and tranquility. The boat adds a human and narrative detail, as if someone has just arrived or is about to begin a journey, while the surroundings invite one to imagine the silence of nature and the freshness of the air. The contrast between the vertical trunks and the horizontal expanse of the lake and mountains maintains the composition's balance and reinforces its contemplative character.

Estimation:€300

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