DRAWING STATEMENT
My drawing
work has started with a strong interest in people and society, therefore the
first stage was merely based on observation, I spent a big amount of time walking
down the streets observing people and taking photos of them, but trying not to
be seen because I did not want my presence to interfere with their natural
habitat, I was asking myself questions like where are they going, what are they
doing, why did they choose their clothing or who are they talking to.
I
recorded all that information as photos but I also took many notes about the
things that those people were expressing to me with what they were doing.
My work
is all about creating images based on that experience that I had in the street,
I depicted just those things that I found really interesting and eye-catching
to me and what I have done is interpret them using my own language, adding a
touch of humour, i have had references such as Martin Parr, Brosmind or Keith
Haring and also street art in general.
Those
first drawings were mainly focused on physical appearance and culture but then
my practice developed another way, I was still interested in people but I was
paying attention to their thoughts and emotions, I made the last pieces in foam
board thinking about this idea, the complicated world of the brain, connections
and hectic emotions.
It was
all about conveying sensations creating something visually attractive and
playful although at the end of the day it was, and it has always been, about
depicting people and their lifes.
SELF DIRECTED STATEMENT
My work is strongly based on people and society, it
consists of two main ways of expression: photography and painting.
Since
the beginning I have been fascinated by people and the way they act, so I spent
a big amount of time observing people in the streets and collecting information
about them, I wanted to merely observe and take photographs of them but without
been seen because I did not want to interfere with their natural habitat, i was
asking myself questions like where are they going, what are they doing, why did
they choose their clothing or who are they talking to, at this stage I was
really influenced by artists such as Martin Parr or Cartier.
But
there was another thing calling my attention and they were plants. I realized I
am always noticing them everywhere I go and I wanted to capture them too, as
they are part of our world and they are alive as well, I was fascinated by the
variety of textures and how rich that world is, my work shows it and wants
people to realize where they really live.
Taking the
artist Maira Kalman as other of my references, the motor of my work has always
been “walk”, going out there and let people, colours and shapes surprise me,
forcing myself to really look at things and capture them with the camera, the
end product is a duality between two different views of the same world and how
each one of them relates to the other.
The
latest works are playing with the same idea but using another media, this time
painting; for the people I focused on depicting their mood and for the plants I
combined sketches that I did outside taking into account the composition but
keeping it fresh and alive, depicting their mood as well.
As can
be seen my work is all about portraits, it pays attention to the individuality
of each thing in this world, since absolutely everything has his own
characteristics but it also refers to us as a whole, as a society.
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