"At the RE/MAX Advance Realty office in South Miami, clients can peruse new properties -- and fine art. Several weeks ago, the workplace began showcasing the work of Kendall artist Alex Yanes, 33, known for his animal paintings in a bold, tropical palette.
``I noticed it right when I walked in,'' said client Dina Elias, 36, of a large portrait of a Bee Hummingbird, indigenous to Cuba. Along with the hummingbird, which Yanes says pays homage to his Cuban heritage, the seven paintings on display feature endangered animals, including a blue-headed macaw, an Andean flamingo, an Asian elephant and a Nassau grouper. The artwork, selling for $2,400 each, are depicted in this year's Publix calendar. Yanes began his partnership with Publix in 2009. He replaced Romero Britto, who was commissioned for the three previous years.
Yanes said he developed a passion for art at a young age, when his first grade teacher at Calusa Elementary in West Kendall entered his drawing of a headphone-clad Easter bunny on a skateboard in a Miami Youth Fair display. ``I didn't color in coloring books as a kid,'' he said. `I painted my own stuff.'...'"
"Alex Yanes describes “The Fisherman,” a large installation that incorporates 12 canvases, as the centerpiece of [Harmony], the Miami artist’s solo exhibition that will open at Museo Vault during Wynwood’s Second Saturday Artwalk. At the core of his installation is a large canvas that depicts a kimono-clad fisherman with a Fu Manchu mustache leaning into a woven basket containing a red snapper....."
3-D Painter Alex Yanes Talks Luck, Inspiration...
"We have two openings for my show, Harmony, at Museo Vault on April 3rd and April 10th. I've been painting on doors that I buy at Home Depot. I combine them and make, like, murals. Two doors together makes a piece that's 14 by 3 feet."
"I've had a lot of success in commercial art, but now I'm trying to tap into the fine art market and just paint all the time. I've done stuff for Red Bull, Kleenex, Myspace Latino....I was doing a lot of commission work. Now, these are my ideas and it's up to people to like them enough to buy them."
Más que pintor se siente un ilustrador-carpintero. Le gusta el arte limpio, donde las líneas estén muy bien definidas. ``Los pintores tradicionales empiezan poniendo colores en el lienzo y van cambiando el cuadro hasta que al final consiguen una imagen que les gusta. Yo veo lo que quiero en mi mente, escojo los colores y luego pinto'', dice Alex Yanes, artista nacido en Miami de padres cubanos...
BAC artist Alex Yanes debuts the 12 comission paintings he recently created for the 2010 Publix calendar titled "Majestic Beauty". The paintings consist of different endangered animals from all over the world and are intended to bring awareness to the fragile eco-system which surrounds us all. Exhibit runs January 8, 2010 through January 28, 2010 at the Bakehouse Art Complex 561 NW 32nd Street / Miami, Florida 33127