2010
Oil on canvas72"x48"
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Statement
I grew up in Veracruz, Mexico reading American Comic books,
and today those memories play an important role as part of my creative
process. I admire the Formal elements of
Comic books and approach them from this perspective, analyzing the page layout,
color combination, and the narrative structure. I remove them from their
original source using computer software to transform and alter the structure of
the imagery; morphing, simplifying and reducing them.
I then appropriate what interests me visually, transforming
and morphing the imagery and creating my own stories. I decompose the narrative
structure and recontextualize the imagery as a conglomeration of seemingly
unrelated graphic images. The combination of the strong influence of Abstract
Expressionism, and my admiration for Pop Art creates the environment in which
those stories emerge and become alive.
After the digital process is finished, and I am satisfied
with the composition, I proceed to make an oil painting. Forms and shapes
coincide and drift on planes of varying depth, resulting in Comic abstractions
with a Contemporary “pop” look.
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