ARTIST STATEMENT

ARTIST STATE MENT

         Art is a symbolic expression of which I am where I come from.  My art is also an expressions of my experiences. Art gives a mental way out regardless what the situation. That is how I approach my art As a means of escape in reverse its meaning and emotion is captivating. Art also shows realistic emotion, hint, I am a realist artist, why? My  concept of my paintings is  the models  them language. Their facial features who they are. What do they look like in side?, meaning can you feel the personality threw my painting of the model.  I want to try an capture the Essences of the individual. Guiding a person towards unthinkable realism is like showing people the naked truth, which in some cases people don’t really know how to handle the truth. I am more and more interested in the many qualities and traditions of figure/portrait painting.

        When my work is going well I feel a major sense of accomplishment. This sense of accomplishment, comes from  progress, understanding my medium  and the brushes I use to create masterpieces. A lot of what I do as an artist connects with concepts and ideas the “why” in art. What is the master plan  as a whole? I ask my self this question to generate my creations. I love to work in series and I enjoy working big. Working on  a large scale allows me to use the paint along with music my experiences is clam, serene , even heavenly. Because artistic expression has been the bases of my life I have grown accustom to the essence of creating a work of art. My work may appear to be warm and colorful these patterns over the course of me painting has increased to the love of color. Now every painting I create has extreme amounts of  ranging from warm reds to the coolest blues. This pattern of color has shaped my artistic personality visually wanting to explore the possibilities of abstraction. How colors work in relationship to one another. In the future I will merge other material to advance special relationships with in a work of art. 

        My main attraction of being an artist is people. One can say  “your inner personality is the key to your art expression”. Its how I am as an artist inside that creates my work of art. My work can be described as soulful, rich in color and  bold. I believe those are attributes of how I am as a person. In the process of creating art I enjoy using the brushes and oil paint. The brushes gives me a sense of control. I paint with oils ,I use oil because of the color and conversation between the oil, brush and surface. Looking at my prior work verses my current work I haven’t changed much conceptually. I have changed by exploring abstraction of the figure, not to the extreme of cubism but amplifying the plans of the figure that emphasizes shape. I am now  challenging my self to explore from traditional art  to contemporary. This journey will lead me to endless possibilities.