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Vive Amarillo

Showing until the new year

 

In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month

Black Creek Bistro's September Gallery Opening

Featuring the works of local artists Phillipe Jacinto Velazquez, Alexandra Copley, Juan Miranda, and Leonardo Carrizo.

 

Phillipe Jacinto Velazquez
http://www.velazquezart.com

Artist Statement

I have been painting and drawing for as long as I can remember. There was no decision to draw or paint. It was a natural event and it continues to this day. The roads and direction I have taken and the mediums I have utilized to create with, over my lifetime, have never been motivated by money, but by the desire to gain an understanding as to how color, light, and movement work together. I have always felt moved by color... inside. To provoke a smile... to raise an eyebrow. To make one feel...how....how is paint transformed into feeling.

I was very fortunate to have had parents that encouraged and reminded me that my family and cultural background was full of talented people. My grandparents were both artisans and musicans in mexico. I have no formal training. My training came from painting all the walls in the house where I was raised. My parents allowed me to paint murals on the walls in almost every bedroom and basement in our house. I was born and raised in Lorain. An industrial town near Cleveland, Ohio. I went to the museum often by myself and would sit and stare at the paintings. My parents bought me paint and brushes and books about the master artists from Mexico and Italy My mother made many personal sacrifices for me to have the materials I needed to paint. There was also alot of art in our home since my parents returned to Mexico often. Paintings and sculptures from Central America, so I was very influenced by my culture early on in my life. There was also alot of very talented latino artist in the community.

My painting techniques are simple and very straight forward...I usually create the image on my computer using Photoshop. I will spend all my time designing and working out the problems of the concept here before I proceed to the canvas. I stretch each canvas myself and prep it for the paint. I then hand draw each image directly onto the canvas. I don't limit myself to any color tablet or theory....instead I view the work and it's surroundings....whether I am producing my own art or reproducing that of another. I use color to create the feeling I am trying to get across to the viewer. These elements are the dictator of my color tablet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandra Copley
http://www.alexandracopley.com

Artist Statement

Alexandra Copley was born in Ohio, but has traveled worldwide as a photographer and artist. This series of work is a collaboration of photographic imagery from Alexandra Copley and Reuben Gonzales, a migrant worker from Morelia, Mexico. It represents social movement, exchange, migration and the
subtle scenes of life weaving in and out of our consciousness. These images
reveal the emerging cultural impacts of migrant workers in American and
Mexican societies while considering nationalism, territories, and belonging. It is a
documentation of those who are changing Mexican and American lifestyles. This
work is influenced by the ideas of transculturalism and transnationalism that exist
in the American and Mexican landscape.

Juan Miranda
Photography

Leonardo Carrizo
Photography

 

 

 

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