As a child he felt a predilection for drawing and never was competition could hold him, but it was when Jesus Lorente has now released to the public the mastery of his lines and the perfection of his portraits.
La Casa de la Cultura de Fuente Alamo has been the place chosen by the artist to present his first exhibition "Portraits of cinema."
A collection of 30 works by the most famous faces of celluloid made charcoal and, as professionals, "with a perfectly scary."
Angelina Jolie, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are among the actors who have passed through the pen of Jesus Lorente.
Anecdotally, the artist fuentealamero beard that Jack Nicholson will cost five working days, with a total of 8 to 10 hours a day, and that actress Angelina Jolie chose the photo you want to be drawn.
"One time, I sent him a message telling him that Jolie was a painter, he wanted to do a portrait and I would love to know what your favorite picture to draw.
The next day, on his Facebook page, appeared the following: "My favorite photo is this".
Written by it or not, the fact is that that picture is the one I chose to draw in charcoal and that during the next few days of March, will be exhibited at the Sala José Hernández, "recalls the artist.
His Facebook page "Pictures charcoal Lorente Jesus" is followed by people from such diverse places as the Congo, Egypt, India or Argentina.
In fact, the latter wrote the artist Mirta Leonor to congratulate you on your work and to become, somehow, in his "artistic godmother".
Although Jesus Lorente would like the public to recognize the perfection of his works, is not really agree when compared to identical pictures.
"I always say that my portraits are two-sided because I seek not only physical, but also the soul of that face.
Something that photography is unable to do, "Jesus says.
Hence his drawings represent "the pores of the skin, wrinkles but also the mood of the protagonist."
The exhibition "Portraits of Cinema" will be inaugurated on Saturday, March 22, at 20.30 pm in the Casa de la Cultura de Fuente Álamo.
The collection of works will remain open until Sunday, March 30.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Fuente Álamo