Spanish artist Giner Bueno, born 1935 in Godella (a town along the Valencian coast) defines himself as a painter of vitality. He received his passion for painting from his father, Luis Giner Vallas, who was a noted landscape painter. At the age of twelve, Giner was given watercolors and oil paints so that he could join his father and his friends while they painted. "It never occurred to me to spend my time doing other activities which could take my attention away from painting," says Bueno.

Giner Bueno became an impressionist painter himself. He studied at the Valencia Arts and Crafts school, and later moved to Paris to further his training through an Education and Leisure grant. Even with his years of educat...