> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.gtv.blue/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # ArtCrush: Jean Carlos Puerto - URL: https://www.gtv.blue/the-art-of-jean-carlos-puerto/ - Published: 2026-03-24T00:04:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-24T04:03:53.000Z - Description: This is the kind of artwork we want on our walls. - Author: Gareth Johnson - Tags: ArtCrush A while back, I caught up with artist [Jean Carlos Puerto](http://jeancarlospuerto.com/en/?ref=gtv.blue) to talk about the stories behind his stunning images. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/3f/e83f7e76-af4a-4e9f-a171-931e3df7b588/content/images/2024/04/ExucJvnXEAEJMgg-scaled.jpeg) **You’ve written that you’ve been drawing and painting since a young age, but it wasn’t until your early 30s when you took painting classes that things got serious for you. Do you regret not taking those classes sooner?** Sometimes I think that when I was choosing my university career, I wonder what would have happened if I’d decided to do Fine Arts instead. In that moment, I decided to study Psychology but I remember that it was a very difficult decision for me – Fine Arts was a real alternative option. Ultimately, if I wanted to study Fine Arts I would have had to move to Valencia, which I didn’t want to do, so I chose Psychology. On the other hand, I think I wouldn’t be the same painter if I hadn’t studied Psychology. It would have been great to start sooner, but it’s never too late to express yourself. **How does your background in psychology inform your painting?** I worked as a psychologist for almost 10 years before I started painting professionally. All my paintings talk about humans and relationships. In particular, the paintings in the Psyche series have a clear psychology background. It’s my world and I have to show it that way. **Your series of images of men under water are stunning – what’s the creative process that you follow to create these?** It’s obvious that I use photography to inspire my paintings. Life painting of men underwater would be a bit difficult! Everything started when I saw a photo of a man underwater, and wondered how it would be if I painted it. So I tried, and I was very happy with the result. After that, I wanted to take my own pictures. So, I bought a cheap underwater camera and started experimenting with myself as a model. The ideas and feelings that are behind the work have to do with solitude and loneliness – it’s the closest feeling you can get of being inside your mother’s womb. **How do you find your models for these underwater images?** I started with myself as the model, because it’s not easy to explain to others what I want in the photo. But, little by little, I’ve been finding some models on Instagram that have wanted to do a naked underwater photo session. **Where is your favourite place to swim?** My favourite place to swim, and to take pictures also, is Ibiza and Formentera. These islands are wonderful – their waters are extremely clear and you can find huge variations of blues. I prefer the sea, not the beach, because the water is clearer. Each summer, I get on board a boat and navigate around the Ibiza and Formentera coast, looking for the best waters. I love swimming naked. I don’t understand using swimsuits. I don’t like the sensation of wet swimsuits. 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