Artist Statement

Photography- Digital Painting- Mixed media

My artwork is a visual expression of poetry and music. I use my palette to create images that evoke emotion within the viewer, as do the carefully chosen words of a moving poem or the penetrating sounds of a soulful arrangement of musical notes. Freedom, rapture, passion, mystery, spirituality and identity are common themes that I address through the lens of my camera and on the surface of my canvas.

I label my genre "Geometric Romanticism", fusing together the normally separate worlds of Geometry and Romanticism, melding the familiar with the abstract, the mathematical with the fanciful, the measurable with the elusive. My subjects are surrounded and enveloped by ever-present challenges, hope, dreams, faith, sensuality and mystery symbolized by the embracing backdrop of abstract geometrical shapes. I would like the complex imagery in my art to act as a maze that entices the viewer to navigate, explore
and discover their own personal truth through their viewing journey.

http://www.myspace.com/ramirovallephotoartist

BIO

I was born, raised, and educated in Colombia. My studies range from fine arts to industrial engineering. I am a published poet in my native country and I devote myself to digital painting, a genre that pushes the boundaries of traditional creative processes. I combine photography, painting and technology, mixing tradition with innovation, applying painterly techniques to the digital manipulation of the original photographic image. The works are rich in detail and color, giving the illusion of a textured surface. The viewer can recognize forms and images residing in three-dimensional abstracted spaces that are both geometric and organic.