Manel Anoro: “When one puts brush to canvas, in the hard disk of your mind, there is an unavoidable history already there”

Manel Anoro (website) is a contemporary Catalan painter who has exhibited widely in Europe, Japan, and the United States, where he had his 38th solo show at Campton Gallery in Soho in May. His exuberant colors and gushing landscapes are reminiscent of Gauguin and Cezanne, and yet are uniquely his own. As a child he loved to draw, but was steered to more practical pursuits, and ended up spending 15 years as a systems analyst for IBM. 

Anoro spoke with Liz Castro on Twitter on Tuesday, as part of the CatalanTalk interview series. He spoke about beauty and inspiration, among other things. The interview is also available in Catalan, Spanish, French, and German, thanks to translators Esther Roig, Rodolf Gimeno, Blandine Giraud, and Monika Ferré Jordà, respectively.