{"id":16000945,"count":7,"description":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Antonio Garcia Soler (also known as Joan Puerto) was born on the eastern coast of Spain in Alcoy, Alicante in 1957 into an artistic family. From a young age Soler pursued a career in art by attending the art school\u00a0Escuela Municipal de Bellas Artes, where his father was a teacher.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He continued his education at the\u00a0Escuela de Artes y\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Oficios<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0at the Universidad de Valencia\u00a0where he earned his art degree.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inheriting his father\u2019s artistic passion,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Antonio\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Soler became mesmeri<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed with the Mediterranean Sea, having lived close by the water for all his life. Soler\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has honed his realism technique over a long career, enjoying worthy praise along the way for his masterful seascapes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Soler aims to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">capture\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">power and movement of the ocean<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in his work. Using the boundless and changing effects of light on water, the artist paints dynamic scene<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s full of colour and movement.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With inspiration close to home on the east coast of Spain, Soler can often be found along the beach sketching a taking reference photographs.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">His award-winning works are featured in many individual and collective exhibits throughout Europe and the Americas<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and Forest Gallery are proud to showcase the artist\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">breath-taking<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0largescale original works.<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/www.forestgallery.com\/antonio-garcia-soler\/","name":"Antonio Garcia Soler (Joan Puerto)","slug":"antonio-garcia-soler","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"image_link":"https:\/\/www.forestgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Soler_t.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/16000945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=16000945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}