I had the opportunity of taking drawing and painting
classes at the beginning of the 90’s, in my city, Lima, Peru. After
several years using oil and charcoal, I found another medium that
captivated me on a very special way: “film”.
Through the use of make up, costumes, lighting and color, I try
to create a “window” for the viewer to step inside the deep mood in which
the character is immersed. The same concept is applied to my “objects”, as
in my picture: “Liverpool doors”. The use of light, perspective and color
pose the question of which emotions can you expect behind those doors
instead of documenting a place.
The harlequin and mime character exert a special fascination on me,
I’ve been using it as a white canvas in search of my own identity as a
person and as an artist. The great influence for my work were several postcards
from beginning of the 19th century that I found about 20 years ago in my grandmother’s
drawer when she passed away. The excitement that those postcards produced on
my young soul still inspires me on my every day work as an artist. The use
of “poetic models” in those old fashion postcards, always located in created
spaces were like confessions of the most intimate thoughts. Unfortunately
today, those romantic and melancholic visions are becoming things of the
past.
In my images I’m trying to regain that “glamour of feeling”, the
instinctive moving response of the viewer when observing an object or a face
trapped on an intense performed moment.
I graduated from the Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale in 2001, where I
started using a computer in my work. I always wanted to find a “place” where
my pictures and paintings can blend together. Through the use of “Photoshop”
I was able to mix both mediums, obtaining more bizarre and dreamlike
illustrations, like “Ghosts” where my images meet in one unique space. 35 mm
film and oils are used on a same expression
I had the opportunity of taking drawing and painting
classes at the beginning of the 90’s, in my city, Lima, Peru. After
several years using oil and charcoal, I found another medium that
captivated me on a very special way: “film”.
The harlequin and mime character exert a special fascination on me,
I’ve been using it as a white canvas in search of my own identity as a
person and as an artist. The great influence for my work were several postcards
from beginning of the 19th century that I found about 20 years ago in my grandmother’s
drawer when she passed away. The excitement that those postcards produced on
my young soul still inspires me on my every day work as an artist. The use
of “poetic models” in those old fashion postcards, always located in created
spaces were like confessions of the most intimate thoughts. Unfortunately
today, those romantic and melancholic visions are becoming things of the
past.