Castilian Horizon

In this highly textured oil on board, Castilian Horizon, Rojas captures the rugged beauty of an open landscape. The artist employs a grounded spectrum of “ochres, earths, and deep greens,” representing the density of the soil and vegetation.

These heavy earth tones are balanced by a “greyish and luminous sky,” suggesting the specific light of a sunset or a cloudy afternoon. True to his recurrent themes of “open horizons” and “Castilian or Andalusian fields,” the work conveys a profound sense of “serene solitude”. The signature is fluidly integrated into the texture in the bottom right corner.