The subjects of DURAN's paintings are recognizable not by their features, (his portraits are headless, always leaving room for the imagination), but by their dress, which tells as much as the wearer wishes to project. These figures seem familiar to the viewer because we've seen similar silhouettes on the streets, in offices, in bars and nightclubs, and in everyday situations. The clothing and color are the envelopes for the body and their creases, folds and billows tell more than any portrait. Time has stood still for each of these people: their mystery, their strength or their serenity are accumulated by the predominance of a color, giving each work its own atmosphere, while conveying a singular mood through rich hues of indigo blue, vinyl red and strident or street lamp yellow. This voluntary immersion in artificial light acts as a developer, which retains only the essence of the subject, for the profound and sometimes hidden sensitivity of his figures. The key to DURAN's method is that his paintings often withhold some essential part in order to represent the whole. In his unique style, DURAN effectively paints the body bound and concealed by clothes in a way that also reveals and suggests it, through the movement of a garment, thereby reflecting the personality and the soul of his subjects.