RTVE Channel 24H Report

RTVE Canal 24h: The Visual Poetry and Marine Mastery of Origen

News Coverage by Televisión Española (RTVE) | Origen Exhibition (2022)

RTVE’s Canal 24 Horas featured prominent news coverage of the exhibition Origen at Madrid’s Casa de Vacas, highlighting Javier Torices as one of the leading figures in contemporary realist marine painting. The report explores how his ocean imagery, executed with a technique so refined that it initially suggests photographic precision, reveals upon closer inspection a vibrant painterly surface: an interplay of marks and folds where figurative realism deconstructs into small, almost impressionistic abstractions.

The broadcast touches upon the artist’s self-taught path, having learned the craft at age 14 alongside his father, and delves into his deep drive to leave urban subjects behind in order to capture the immensity, light, and relentless motion of the sea. During the interview, Javier Torices reflects on his creative process and emotional connection to the subject: “I let the sea speak to me, interpreting through texture how the paint moves, breaks, or foams on its own, aiming for a synthesis that remains deeply complex. The ocean acts as a mirror reflecting my inner world; there is an ancestral connection linking us to the sea, drawing out memories we thought were lost.”