I have always painted flowers. I like them and I feel good with them. What is more, they are also the starting point for many of my works. I have always found in them fusion of space, color and smell. That simplicity of the drawing of the natural form, the way that form draws and penetrates into space. And yesterday as I was driving back from Madrid, the marvel of the almond trees against the dark brown of the wet earth on the outskirts of Calatayud.

Joan Hernandez Pijuan