Josep Enric Balaguer specialized early on in technical drawing and worked with cultural magazines such as Quadern and Quacòmic. Gradually and driven by a great resolve, Balaguer began painting and the success of his first exhibition at the gallery Cau d’Art in Sabadell, in 1988, encouraged him to delve further in the world of painting. Aligned with the international pictorial current of New Realism he painted pure compositions, stripped of all superfluity, devoid of complementary elements, and with a great chromatic richness, sensitivity and lyricism. His still lifes reflect a delicate and meticulous line and portray everyday objects in a warm and beautiful way which, within an apparently magical reality, transcend the earthly world.