Venus (2022) - Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
In Venus, Juncadella combines oil with the livelier texture of acrylic to portray the universe as both a cosmic expanse and a generative force. The choice of medium reflects how the cosmos itself feels full of life, constantly shifting and creating. The painting is an homage to women—especially his mother—framing femininity as inseparable from universal creation. From a bird’s-eye view of galaxies in formation, the composition emerges as the portrait of a woman, her profile taking shape through flowing strokes of light and color. Symbolic qualities of purity, mystery, compassion, and transcendence converge into a Venus-like presence, suggesting that life itself arises from the feminine force of the cosmos.