Francisco Dominguez Penis (autodidact).
Born in Caceres, Las Minas de Aldea Moret, an April 16, 1951. My specialty is drawing, with a preference for traditional printmaking (etching and aquatint. Introduced in this world by a great artist mezzotint and etching, Ramiro Undabeitia my friend. Currently dump in Oil and Pastel.
Selected: Drawing Contest Antonio del Rincon Guadalajara (Spain)-Second Annual International Miniature Art Exhibition Sale Anda. Toronto. (Canada) - Fine Arts Exhibition XIX Hon. Deputation of Cadiz - National Print Competition Hon. Burgos City Hall City (twice) - V Contest of artistic Savings of San Fernando. Sevilla. - Painting Competition III Serrablo Friends. Sabiñanigo. Huesca - Contests Engraving Gallery Carmen Arocena Tórculo Madrid (three times) - Competition Maximo Ramos El Ferrol, La Coruña. (Five times) - Biennial Minigrabados 4 (Norway) - Maximum Contest VII Ramos El Ferrol La Coruna. (Twice) - Biennial Minigrabados 4 Norway - Collective Excmo.Ayuntamiento Cebreros Recorders (four times). Avila - Fine Arts Competition Exhibition Hall Autumn 55 - Madrid - Award of Artistic Drawing Jenaro Perez Villamil. El Ferrol. La Coruña - I recorded Competition Novelty Cafe, Salamanca, acquired entire run of the submitted work entitled "Novelty Cafe. - I, II, III and VI International Print Award Hon. Cebreros City Council. Avila - I International Biennial of Josep Gravat Ribera, Jativa, Valencia - Umetnicka Gallery Republica Makedonija Bitola. Macedonia - Mednarodni Graficni Likovni Center. MGLC Ljubljana (Slovenia) - Exhibition of Contemporary Prints. Marbella. Malaga. - International Fair in Belgrade, New York, Los Angeles, London, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany. - Collective Gallery Nuñez de Balboa. - Stamp Fair with Gallery and Galeria Nela Alberca Lesman of Barcelona. Print Biennial Norway. Art Fair Atocha station.
Awards: IX Accesit Ramos Maximum Engraving Contest 1990 El Ferrol, La Coruña. (I have not been paid). First Prize Printmaking VI Call Hon. Cebreros City Council. Avila. 1998.
Patents and Copyrights three techniques: the first one to create an etching Impressionist juxtaposition of isolated points by using a tool called waterproof sandpaper, and record without limitation color with the help of only three plates. The technique, called purely handmade grained color etching, facilitates or mimic the effect berceau Mezzotint, and a new variant of the so called black.
Etching silver paper using a sheet of aluminum foil with soft ground properly treated, becomes a tracing that allows different variations to obtain an etching of lines, both positive and negative.
Tiered Aquatint: Technique developed directly from a single resin, treated methodically in a large series of progressive and working bathrooms reservations with a simple pencil, tracing paper and a fixative, always negative, may also be positive. Creates a complex recorded in the same way that if we drew on paper, avoiding the sharp effects characteristic of any so-called aquatint reservations.
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