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I am a visual artist currently residing and working in San Antonio. I work primarily as an illustrator combining elements of collage, assemblage, found objects and incorporating elements of language.
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Artist Style: Visual Art: Abstract, Assemblage, Collage, Contemporary, Expressionistic, Figurative, Illustrative, Portraiture, Representational
Artist Medium: Acrylic; Collage; Colored Pencil; Drawing Media; Wood
Artist Statement of Work
Tell us about your work (style, approach, philosophy, subject and/or theme):
I do not remember not drawing. I grew up, like many children I suppose, copying images from comic books, cartoons, and book illustrations. I remember we had books with the older illustrations, which, looking back on it, were somewhat creepy. Like those from "Alice in Wonderland" , "The Wizard of Oz", and there was a fantastic pop up book my father had as a child, colled " Tony Sarg's Treasure Book". All oddly enticing and nightmare inducing.
In high school, art classes were the only subject I excelled in. But my art teacher did little to dissuade me from my habit of plagiarism..
I entered college knowing I wanted to study art, but with little idea what that meant, nor any direction towards making original artwork, instead of just copying. That is until I discovered Dadaism. And some later, similar philosophies in art, like Art Povera, and the Fluxus movement. Here is where I discovered the connection between art and ideas. I saw directly the connection of art as symbol reflecting meaning.
From here, I began to see a connection between the symbolic effect of found objects, created images, (drawn, painted, etc.) and written and printed language.
