Artist Statement:

I started illustrating from a very young age. At the age of 8 I lived in the countryside with my family, along with 2 sisters, my main fun was drawing, which later became my passion. I just got interested and passionate about people’s faces, copied them or imagined them. Which then led me to perfect myself to the point of creating faces of people who reflected a unique personality. As a teenager, graphic design began to fascinate me, which led me to study a career and mix my innate knowledge with those acquired. I think my paintings mix those concepts of pop art and graphic design and often lead viewers to confuse whether they are real or digital paintings.

I would define my style, like pop dissection. A mixture of explosive colours and osseous darkness. I am passionate about skeletons and their structure, how a living being is shaped based on it.

My greatest aspiration as an artist is that the one who sees my work feels a little of the energy when I realized the work, anger, joy, sadness or what my work gives off. You see, I think that the title of artist is earned by people, it is they who must decide whether you are an artist or not.

The biggest challenges I face are, not to fall into repetition, I try to make my work as original and personal as possible. I try not to let myself be influenced by the art world, although it is impossible to abstract, I try that the art world did not mold me but rather the opposite.

I want to create based on what I was created and give life to my works from the depths of my being.

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About the Artist:

Luis Pedro Picasso is a graphic designer, illustrator, and painter.