Lluís Cots

LLUÍS COTS (Barcelona, 1946).
“Sabates noves,” 2026. Work on paper no. 9.
Watercolor on Canson paper.
Certificate of authenticity included.
Measurements: 41 x 29.7 cm.

In this watercolor, part of his recent body of work, Lluís Cots draws on an everyday motif to develop a composition of intense expressive vitality. The splashes of color, the rapid brushstrokes, and the alternation between denser areas and open spaces create a dynamic image in which figuration borders on abstraction. The freedom of his brushwork and the vividness of the colors reflect his interest in interpreting human experiences from an emotional and spontaneous perspective.

Active since the early 1970s, Lluís Cots has developed a career centered on the exploration of material, gesture, and color. He exhibited early on at the Crecelius Gallery in Tarragona, the Da Barra and Subex galleries in Barcelona, and later at the Maeght Gallery in Barcelona (1984), the Sala Cajamadrid (1988), and the Lina Davidov Gallery in Paris (1999). His work has also been featured in exhibitions in Berlin and other European venues.