S. Retrato, 24x18in, oil on canvas, Available at Morren Galleries, Holland
Enviar Friend Request, 16x12in, oil on canvas, Available at Hallway Gallery, WA
Jovan Artisa Portrait Study, 24x18in, oil on canvas, Available Stricoff Fine Art, NY
Retrato Study, 16×12, oil on canvas, Available Julie Nester Gallery, UT
Currently living in San Francisco and working in Mission District.
ARTIST STATEMENT: The experiences I had growing up in a bicultural family fuel the imagery, and emotional quality of my work. My father is an immigrant from Mexico, and my mother a white American. Overtime, I learned to perceive cultural dichotomies and accommodate conflicting viewpoints. The deconstruction of my identity is at the root of what I paint and how I paint. I explore personal experiences through my work that are informed by photos, emotions and memory. Working in layers, I use masking techniques to jumble formal qualities such as abstraction, realistic representation, pixel emulation, and written narrative. Combining divergent elements suggests a pluralistic reality, and the imagery demonstrates the difference of my bicultural perspective.
WEB SITE : www.danielochoa.com
BLOG: dansworks.blogspot.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ochoart
TWITTER: twitter.com/dochoart
