Juan Siquier is a self taught artist who was born in the small Spanish town of Albacete. His artistic talents are so varied we could call him a modern Renaissance man. He has been playing the guitar for many years in several bands, spent several years doing traditional and fine art and he has participated in some exhibitions around the world. Juan has dedicated years to comic drawing, web design, musical arrangements and composing soundtracks for other bands and for the theatre. At some point in the middle of the 90’s he discovered the computer world and then later the CG field in which he has been evolving in ever since.
His career in the CG world has been quite successful. In 2004 he was hired to be part of the feature film "Dear Anne, the Gift of Hope" in Milan. Just after that film was completed he moved to Luxembourg to work on the "Dragon Hunters" movie. Today he is involved in the making of an animation feature film called "The Missing Lynx" at the Kandor Moon studio located in Granada.

IA: Your architectural work is known to be different from many other artists, we have particularly noticed the attention you put into the light and colors. How do you see your work different from other artists?

J.S. : When working on an architectural visualization the goal is to convince a potential client to buy a house and make sure that the picture does not show anything negative in the design. There shouldn’t be bad lighting, strange materials or anything unpleasant to the eyes; everything has to be clean and visible. There should especially not be cables, antennas or any area of the image that makes it unprofessional. And all the cars parked outside should be deluxe brands and glistening. On the other hand, I always create architectural designs from a purely artistic perspective; my intention is not to sell something. What I’m trying to get is an illustration so I focus on lights and shapes just as I would do if I wanted to create a painting or a photo. Even though I work on creating models of many buildings that doesn't make me an architect, I have never worked in this field.

IA: The old houses that you have depicted are full of memories, what makes you so passionate about old houses?

J.S. : A house has a fundamental part in the life of a person and of a family. Often we look at our house or even our car with affection, even when we have been away from it for many years. An old big house seems to keep the echo of the families that have grown up and died behind its walls and on the outside the house shows the marks that time has left on it. All of the things that the building suffers over time grant it a strong character and that is what I like about old houses.