José Luis Checa

JOSÉ LUIS CHECA GALINDO (Valencia, 1950).
"Pond of Cullera".
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 11 x 18 cm, 27 x 34 cm (frame).
Artist of self-taught formation, Checa began his career with the group Pont de Fusta. In his early years he won first prize in the Valencia Speed Painting Competition, and exhibited his work since 1973, when he made his debut at the Valencian Press Association. The following year he held his first individual exhibition at the Hoyo Gallery in Valencia. He has the First National Gold Medal of Tabacalera de Pintura (1981, 1982 and 1983) and the First Prize of Outdoor and Fast Painting of Sot de Chera (1982 and 1984), and in 1985 he was selected in the Caja de Ahorros de Pintores Valencianos Book of Valencian Painters.