Artist Statement

Artist Statement:
        I am interested in art because I believe it to be a unique form of expression, and is the broadest form of expression. My mother is a preschool art teacher and while her art is simply planned, and is constructed so that preschoolers can understand, it is still abstract, unique, and profound. Art is different for each person; even those who copy other art works do it in a different fashion. Unlike many other things in life, there is no right or wrong way to make art, it is whatever you create. Having that sort of freedom, the freedom to pursue your own “art” style, is almost like having wings.
        Some ideas for future pieces include balances between nature and technology, future and past, the here and the there (i.e. space with earth), and organic with inorganic (i.e. machines and people). Ever since I read the book “1984” it made me realize that everyone uses doublethink, thinking and believing in things that are contradictory. No human is all this or all that, we are all mixes of each. I believe having a healthy balance of each of these that are contradictory and opposite (technology vs. nature, fantasy vs. reality, individuality vs. collectivism, day vs. night…) is key to a healthy lifestyle. I believe doublethink is a sign of a healthy mind; which is why I would like to portray the potential balance between two or more unlike things.
         As stated, my theme is the balance between two unlike things. Ironically, my form (which is usually more constructed and exact; and uses one kind of technique and the same procedure each time) of art is very strict and hard to change . It is not very flexible to more shapeless, abstract pieces which are something I’d like to change. While we all tend to gravitated to one side of the balance than the other, I do not want my work to look too forced. I would not want my art to look as if I made an accountant paint the Starry Night. I’d like to learn to make my form more flexible, but I do not want to change it entirely, lest I lose that bit of uniqueness. However the case, my work is important and it is important to me to express my views while equally expressing the subject. Putting that bit of myself into the art that makes it mine is what I like most about art.
         In short, to me, art is about expressing yourself in your own unique way, a way that cannot be mimicked by anyone else, no matter how hard they tried.

Mexican Muralist Art History Research

Mexican Muralist Art History Research

Who? Diego Rivera

When? Diego Rivera was born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Guanajuato. From the age of ten, Rivera studied art at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. At nineteen, he went to Europe to study art. Rivera was fascinated with 16^th century frescos of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci. Rivera returned to Mexico in 1921, he combined the Renaissance style figures with pre-Columbian subjects.Rivera wanted his art to idealize the average Mexican and wanted them to celebrate their heritage. Rivera’s art helped shape Mexican culture in the 1930s and 1940s. Rivera related nearly all of his work and subjects in his work to the Mexican Revolution. He was working on a mural based on the Mexican Revolution when he died on November 24, 1957.

Why? Artwork: “Totonac Civilization”

1. The art relates to the art world by the art illustrating the ancient Totonac civilization
2. The art relates to the artists body of work because most of Rivera’s work was based on Mexican pride, their pre-Columbian history, and their triumphs as Mexicans (i.e the Mexican Revolution).
3. The art work relates to me by illustrating what an ancient civilization might have been like. It provides insight to the ancient Mexican people.