Spanish artist Felix R. Cid creates bold, striking paintings that pull viewers into vivid worlds of color, movement, and imagination. Based in Ibiza, Cid works from a cargo sea container in the Mediterranean countryside, a raw and unpredictable studio environment he calls “El Canpo.”
That setting is central to the work. The weather, landscape, isolation, and rough conditions around him all find their way into the paintings. His canvases feel alive – part landscape, part dream, part creature. Forms shift, figures emerge, and what first appears monstrous often becomes familiar, protective, and almost heroic.
Cid’s work has a strong visual presence. His paintings bring together energy, texture, and emotion in a way that immediately captures attention, while still offering new details over time. For collectors, the appeal is both immediate and lasting: these are works that command a room, but also reward close looking.
Trained in photography at Yale, Cid brings a sharp eye for composition and image-making to a practice that is physical, instinctive, and experimental. He allows accidents, weather, gesture, and material to shape the final work, creating paintings that feel raw, personal, and full of transformation.
Cid has worked exclusively with Allouche Gallery for the past four years, becoming a natural part of the gallery’s roster. His work reflects the qualities collectors often look for in contemporary painting: a recognizable visual language, emotional force, strong material presence, and a world that feels entirely his own.
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