Murals by Minguell

After we kissed our fellow pilgrims good-bye in Barcelona, my parents and I continued to Bilbao. Along the way we made three stops:

(1) Tarrega (Lerida);
(2) Zaragoza and;
(3) Vitoria.

We stopped in Tarrega to visit two friends: Arantxa Loizu Lecinena and Josep Minguell Cardenyes.

Thanks to Arantxa, whom I met nearly 10 years ago as a graduate student at the University of Virginia, I was introduced to Josep and his art.

It was wonderful to return to the church (Santa Maria de L'Alba) where I first met Josep last summer with my parents so they could witness his genius for themselves.

Last April (2010), I invited Josep to the University of Hawaii for a week-long symposium on the language of muralism. He painted a moveable mural and conducted several lectures.

Josep Minguell Cardenyes (Tarrega, 1959)
Painted his first fresco at age 35. Rediscovered God at 36.

For more info please see:

http://www.josepminguell.com/

http://www.latinramen.com/2010_04_11_archive.html

http://uhmanoacampustalk.honadvblogs.com/tag/dr-josep-minguell/

http://blog.hawaii.edu/campustalk/2010/04/page/2/

http://www.kalamakua.org/2010/04/if-these-walls-could-talk-day-2.html