San Antonio is very rich when it comes to the art scene. I am strongly interested in art I believe due the fact that I try to do my part so I can be called an artist. One great event San Antonio host is first Friday, this happens every first Friday of the month. At this event artist of all types are able to showcase there talents and maybe make some money by catching a viewers eye. In this paper I will concentrate on artist who art is done on surfaces ranging from aluminum to canvas.
One artist I know to have had a series at first Friday is Ruben Garza; Ruben attended East Central High School where his artistic talent was really shown. Ruben has won state back to back competitions with his amazing works of art. I met Ruben in drawing one class here at Palo Alto I’ve known him form about a year and a half. Ruben’s media of art is Prism color pencils, but is also very talented with lead pencils and acrylic oil based paints; his textures in his art ranges from rough to smooth, due to his choice of using paper, cardboard paper canvas and cement.
Ben Mata Artist statement, “Since 2000, I have focused on using aluminum as my canvas. The illuminate surface allows me to create a mood of light and depth. My approach is Spontaneous and intuitive. Discoveries guide me in the execution of the work”. Another artist from San Antonio is Ben Mata; I actually had the pleasure of meeting him at his art space on Broadway Street here in San Antonio. I believe Ben also attended school where I attend Palo Alto College. When visiting Ben for a field trip in drawing class I discovered what his median was as well as what textures usually reside in his works. First of all Ben has recently been using aluminum for his pieces of work. Surprisingly the textures of the works done in aluminum are soft and not rough as expected. Ben also uses canvas for his surfaces and his median is oil pants usually.
The last artist from my city that I will pay tribute to in this paper is a friend of mine Jesus a good friend of mine. Jesus is a talented artiest who I believe that if actually tried could make something out of himself one day. Jesus has a comic kind of art which could be found in many comic books, he can take something a make a very close duplicate from it. He has been drawing ever since I could remember his media of art is manly plain marker, he is very good using a pencil and ink as well. His texture on his art works are always soft, because he refuses to work on anything but plain white paper.
San Antonio is very rich with art, as a city it does a great job trying to show cases it resident talents by having many chances form people to show off there work in different events. In this paper I barely starch the surface of the art talent in my city if interested I suggest discover other artist who reside here and be amazed.
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