LUIS OCTAVIO

Pensamientos

One experimental painting every morning in Paris.

Around mid-September, a month after I arrived in Paris, I started painting every single morning. I paint whatever is on my mind after waking up: shapes, patterns, colors and textures on paper. A daily exercise for creative discovery in this path of becoming a full-time artist.

Year
2026
Format
A5 — 14.8 × 21 cm
Technique
Acrylic on 300 gsm paper
Pensamiento 31 — overlapping teal and green rectangles over a pale green ground, with a dark green block at the cornerPensamiento 30 — a gold and brown hexagon standing over black and ochre brushstrokesPensamiento 29 — a bleeding red and yellow field set inside a painted frame seen in perspectivePensamiento 28 — dry strokes of fluorescent pink, yellow and pale green, with a flat yellow block above and a pink one belowPensamiento 27 — two pale columns standing open on a yellow and peach horizon over a dark groundPensamiento 26 — yellow, violet and blue bands split by two white linesPensamiento 25 — blue, orange and teal diamonds down a current of green and orangePensamiento 24 — violet and dark grey volumes stacked on an orange groundPensamiento 23 — a building standing against a deep blue skyPensamiento 22 — three pale volumes stacked on a yellow to pink groundPensamiento 21 — a grey volume standing over bands of brown, green and yellowPensamiento 20 — a blue field and a pink field split by a diagonalPensamiento 19 — blue rectangles stacked over a scraped black groundPensamiento 18 — a yellow-green block standing in a field of dark greenPensamiento 17 — a black and white marbled diamond on a pink groundSoldPensamiento 16 — grey planes folding under a band of yellow and blackPensamiento 15 — a magenta hexagon on a blue ground torn open by whitePensamiento 14 — a yellow hexagon over black, blue and green strokesPensamiento 13 — a black figure standing in the middle of green and yellow strokesPensamiento 12 — yellow and teal patches floating on the white sheetPensamiento 11 — black and gold strokes rising over a white sheet marked with thin linesPensamiento 10 — pink and gold bands running across a violet groundPensamiento 09 — green, white and yellow shapes cut across a turquoise groundPensamiento 08 — a dark blue rectangle standing in the middle of a flat blue groundPensamiento 07 — black and yellow strokes pulled down the sheet, with a touch of whitePensamiento 06 — a black and turquoise mass rising across a magenta groundPensamiento 05-A — pink, orange and black strokes stacked in bandsPensamiento 04-A — columns of brown scraped down the sheet, split by a white bandPensamiento 03 — a black mass under a pink and violet sky, with one small pink squarePensamiento 02-A — a teal triangle pointing up over turquoise strokesPensamiento 01-A — yellow, red and violet strokes burning across the sheet