For my participation in the philatelic competition “Disello”, organised by the Spanish postal company CORREOS, I designed a stamp of great symbolism and with clear expressionist features, in which a sun adorned with radiant and warm rays is represented in a synthetic manner. These rays not only convey Spain’s most characteristic climatic feature, but also the warmth with which the hospitable Spanish people customarily welcome and receive the numerous visitors who come to my country throughout the year.
In this way, to create the design, I used several areas with different shades of orange which, arranged radially around a yellowish solar circle, convey the sensation of a warm atmosphere dominated by hot temperatures, just as occurs during the summer months in Spain. This sun, with its open rays, also symbolises my country’s openness to other cultures — a circumstance that has enriched it through the wealth and diversity it has acquired over the course of its history.
