Artist Statement
Through painting, I feel that I am a storyteller. I look for a story, maybe it’s a thought or feeling and I represent that on the canvas. What those stories are is up to you, because I didn’t invent them, I am simply communicating them to you. The process of finding that story, whether it’s an action painting, landscape, or figurative piece is what brings me back to the canvas each morning. The work I make is important to me because I love the process, it is the time I feel most alive, during that moment of creation. They become records of me as I put myself in each painting, moments in time, that I can’t reproduce.
BIO
Andres has been a traveler his whole life, always searching for the story, the adventure and capturing that with visual art. He has been a painter for many years at his current residence at the WAV (The Working Artists of Ventura) artist studio lofts in Ventura, CA. After formal art training in Fresno and Santa Barbara, CA, he began his career working in the graphic novel industry working as an artist assistant for Howard Chaykin. Following that he published a number of graphic novels and children’s books. Using those skills of draftsmanship and illustration, he incorporates that into his fine art painting. Continuing the theme of finding stories, he has written and directed some short films as well as the feature documentary Small Town Quirky. He has given many presentations on art at conferences, has a YouTube channel about visual mediums The Art of Comics and teaches art and visual language at some of the art associations in Ventura County.
I have a YouTube channel, the Art of Comics, that explores graphic novels, illustration, and art.
I also have a Patreon page that is updated three times a week detailing my creative projects and artistic endeavors.
