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I've been told so many times and for so long that I have talent that I believed it myself, it is my turn now to make a believer out of you.
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My name is Ariel Perez I was born in Havana, Cuba in 1970, moved to United States in 2001. I'm an interior designer and a painter, I have a whole curriculum as a designer, not as much as a painter, but please don't quit reading yet. I've been always involved with art but commercially only from 2007. After giving away my paintings to friends and family I was approached by the owner of "World Art Gallery" in Key West, Florida, who signed me to his gallery. I am now the best seller at this gallery, which means a lot to me because I never even pursued a commercial career. After that, I submitted three paintings to "Paintings of the world" another gallery located in Tampa, Florida, and all three were accepted; within a week my picture was in a local newspaper. This is really my first attempt to a different venue, I’m aiming higher!
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As an artist I like to get the most out of my painting, that is the reason why I prefer to custom size my work, always making my own gallery frames from scratch and stretch my own canvases. I love large formats; the reason for this is my "simplistic design approach". I rather have a large painting on a wall as a focal point than several smaller ones, of course this is totally personal, just a matter of taste. I envision myself as an experimental artist, inclined to do the unexpected out of a material or a technique. I love mixing media, acrylics and oils, gold leaf, metallic foils and leather are present in my work, this adds dimension and up to 1/2 inches in relief to the canvas. My work even as a painting, can not only be appreciated with your eyes but also felt with your hands. I call it “sculpture on canvas“, it is what makes it unique.
-On the abstract side, I’m currently working on a series based on the Crop Circles, this "phenomena" always intrigued me (not necessarily believe they are extraterrestrial but still intriguing)...
I am also working on a more figurative series of paintings called "STRINGS" based on traditional instruments from around the world. I was inspired to explore a more tangible approach to my dimensional paintings by working with some leather cords leftover from another project. “STRINGS” is a bringing together of recycled materials and my love for music.
So, I would like to invite you to take a trip into my world. Hopefully, you will appreciate my art without these words attached to it.
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