Jorge Alberto is a Cuban realist Fine Artist. His appreciation for art began as a child by looking at the work of the Old Masters. After a career as a graphic designer he attended the Schuler School of Fine Arts and studied with artist Ann D Schuler. In 1994 he moved to Florence Italy to further his studies.

In his paintings, he likes to explore the narrative of light and composition in contained spaces. Jorge Alberto gets in inspiration from objects that have a history, a past. He looks for objects in antique shops, secondhand stores, and yard sales, or sometimes borrows them from friends.

Jorge Alberto likes to become familiar with the objects he’s going to paint. As a result, he never uses them straight away. Instead, he creates “short stories“ by rearranging them in groups on shelves until a narrative emerges, which he then uses as the basis for a set up.

Jorge Alberto likes to mix the old with the new, and prefers complex set ups that are not organized in an orderly way. He feels that this creates movement and interest. The eye, traveling along the lines of the composition, creates a narrative between the objects.

He has many awards, including the “Lorenzo eel magnifico“ bronze medal at the 2001 international Biennial of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy. His work is found in many private and public collections in the US and Europe. He lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.