Home of the Brave | Guillo Pérez 3 | Original Oil Painting

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Original · Oil on Canvas · 60 × 72 in · Stretched and unframed

“Home of the Brave invites viewers to consider the meaning of sanctuary: both physical and emotional, as a space that embodies authenticity, personal identity, and inner aspirations.”
— Guillo Pérez 3

There is a particular kind of painting that does not announce itself. It does not demand your attention through spectacle or scale alone. It earns it, slowly, through the accumulation of something that is harder to name: presence.

Home of the Brave is that kind of painting.

At first glance it is a landscape: still water, a solitary tree, a humble structure on an island. But spend time with it and the image opens. The water is not just water. The tree is not just a tree. Guillo Pérez 3 is working in the territory of symbol, asking what home actually means when you strip it of its address. What does it mean to belong somewhere? What does it mean to have built a place that is yours, not because it was given to you, but because you had the courage to make it?

The title is not ironic. It is a declaration. To make a home is an act of bravery. To hold onto one is harder still.

The painting is large: 60 by 72 inches. It commands a wall the way only the best figurative work can, by making the space around it feel smaller and more human simultaneously. The palette is restrained and luminous. The brushwork alternates between precision and release. It is a painting that rewards return visits.

Details

• Artist: Guillo Pérez 3
• Title: Home of the Brave
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 60 × 72 in (152.4 × 182.9 cm)
• Year: 2022
• Presentation: Stretched and unframed
• Edition: One of a kind original
• Authenticity: Signed by the artist; Certificate of Authenticity included
• Condition: Excellent
• Ships from: Tampa, Florida — worldwide shipping available

Collector’s Note

Home of the Brave is among the most emotionally accessible works in Guillo Pérez 3’s body of work, which makes it a strong entry point for collectors acquiring their first major piece as well as a meaningful addition for those building depth. Its symbolic resonance is universal enough to connect with any viewer while remaining specific enough to reward careful attention. At 60 by 72 inches, it has the authority to anchor a room. The 2022 date places it in a significant period of the artist’s development.

Acquisition

This work is available for purchase through Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery with worldwide shipping, full insurance, and professional art packaging. Payment plans are available. Private in-person viewings are available by appointment in Tampa, Florida. Virtual viewings are available for collectors anywhere in the world. Contact us to inquire.

About the Artist

Guillo Pérez 3 is a Dominican-American painter born in Santo Domingo in 1981 and raised in Queens, New York. He is the grandson of the celebrated master painter Guillo Pérez, one of the Dominican Republic’s most respected artistic figures, and the son of a painter. He carries a multigenerational lineage of serious painterly practice while forging a voice that is unmistakably his own.

Working from Tampa, Florida, Guillo has developed a personal artistic philosophy he calls Bauhaus Budō: a synthesis of Bauhaus design principles and the meditative rigor of martial arts. Geometry as structure. Intuition as movement. Color as emotional force. His canvases explore mythology, religion, the human psyche, and systems of belief, drawing on world traditions while remaining entirely contemporary in execution.

He has founded galleries in Miami and New York, created community programs for emerging artists, and co-founded Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery in Tampa. The New York Times recognized him as a “Star Maker.” His work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally.

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