“The only thing that I look for when I’m painting is that I don’t want to be disturbed. When I’m painting and someone asks me anything, I tend to be fairly unfriendly. And that excludes many places to paint. For example Morocco is one of the places where I have always loved to paint there but nowadays I’m not used to go there because it’s very uncomfortable. Because of the children, the people asking …

Nowadays what I prefer is a place that makes me feel comfortable enough to draw a painting, a peaceful place, calm and allows me to stay focused on it. I insist, I am extremely aggressive” –laughs Manel–.