Painter Federico Herrero
Federico Herrero is a contemporary Costa Rican painter best known for his bright and playful abstractions. Throughout his practice, each work vacillates between Color Field-inspired painting and street art, using patches of color to create anthropomorphic forms and imaginary landscapes. “I am fascinated by the way people, who need to communicate something in a very direct way without the barrier of language, use paint,” he has explained. More of his work can be found here and here.
Color can be a powerful form of communication. Herrero’s colorful art work can be used as a teaching tool for students of all ages. We learn color by their names and their categories, but we seldom learn color by experimenting with it.