Basics

Channel:
Art
Genres:
Collage, Decorative, Fantasy, Figurative, Found Art, Kitsch, Lowbrow / Pop Surrealism, Photo-Realism, Portrait, Spiritual, Surrealism, Symbolism
Roles:
Artist, Painter
Specialties:
Oil painting, and mixed media.
Hometown:
the springz <3

Biography

I recently finished up my Fine Arts degree at California State University Fullerton. I also received my Bachelor's degree in History in 2005. I've been showing my work publicly around Southern California for about a year now and am working hard to get my work shown further and further away from here. :]

Statements

I'm a painter of portraits. I deal with issues of identity, classification, individuality, style, and personality. Most of my subjects I know personally, aside from the occasional Barack Obama.

Styles

fantastical realism~! ^_^

Creative Tools Used

spray paint, oil paint, found shiny objects, acrylic, paint markers, and whatever else makes a fancy mark.

Techniques

the usual as far as oil painting goes...

Achievements

Santa Fe Springs Powell Grant Recipient 2004.

Exhibitions

A few here and there...Gallery @ The End of the World in Alta Dena, Mountain Bar in Chinatown, Los Angeles, The Mauve Gallery in Newport Beach...and can't forget my mother's living room.

Specialties

Oil painting, and mixed media.

Inspirations

Many artists including, but not limited to:
Frida Kahlo
Camille Rose Garcia.
Sylvia Ji.
Audrey Kawasaki.
Robert Longo.
Patrick Nagel.
Warhol.
Jeff Koons.
Barbara Carrasco.
Gary Garay.
Gary Baseman.
Klimt.
The Mac.
...and various graffiti artists who I won't get into here.
...
I'm inspired by my surroundings, the people I adore, anything aquatic, kindness, consideration, compassion, ambition, sparkles, glitter, donuts, cuteness, the animal kingdom, microscopic photography, the vastness and limitlessness of the universe, and the small mindedness of most of us humans.

...Also highly influenced by most everything Disney. [i know.]