Artist Information:
Elio Lopez
Tampa, FL
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
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Artist Statement:
Expressionism through color,
depth, and the deconstruction
of form
Sight. Seeing. How do we see?
Is it simply through optic
sensations that we view and
judge the world around us? Our
circumstances? Or is there
some deeper, psychological
process we are/are not aware
of at play? To what extent of
what we see is colored by our
own personal psychology? The
psychology of our environment?
Our society?
What I ultimately love most
about painting over all other
mediums, is the flexibility
allowed the artist. While the
same may be said of other
mediums, for me, this is
especially true with painting.
Recent technological
developments in materials has
decreased the medium's
limitations. Now more than
ever a wide variety of
possibilities to express
oneself exists.
Currently the images I’m
working with come from a long
tradition in European
(especially Spanish) painting.
By searching for new ways to
approach and create these
archaic images, I seek to find
a new way of self-expression.
I believe that most, if not
all, great art is born of
struggle between the things
that limit us, that stand
between what we want and what
we can control. Each attempt
at deconstructing the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
News & Events
2007 -
“La hereje,” and “El abrazo,”
sell at high prices at auction
sponsored by The Georgia
Lawyers for the Arts, Atlanta,
GA.
Artist begins teaching
painting and drawing classes
through the federal program,
Prodigy through St. Leo’s
College
Artist signs contract and
paints a mural for Dade ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
South Tampa News, 2003
Temple Terrace Beacon, 2003
Check it Out! Magazine, 2003
Town & Country News, 2004
Art & Frame Review, 2004
Tampa Tribune Northeast, 2005
Tampa Tribune Metro, 2005
Temple Terrace News, 2005
La Gazetta, 2005
Tampa Tribune, 2005
Tampa Tribune, 2006
South Tampa News, 2006
Tampa Tribune Pasco Edition,
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Collections:
“Unidad,” Mural, 10’ x 17’,
Dade City Boys & Girls Club,
Dade City, FL.
“iOle Tampa!” Resist Mural, 8’
x 4’, collection, John F.
Germany Public Library, Tampa,
FL.
“Negra,” Watercolor, 10 x 12,
Coll.: John Churak, Tampa, FL
33637
“Untitled” Lithograph, 15 x
15, Purchase Award,
Hillsborough Community
College, 1976...
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Commissions:
Select Commissions
Dade City Boys & Girls Clubs,
Dade City, FL.
Hillsborough Comm. College,
Tampa, FL
Dr. & Mrs. Boothby, Tampa, FL
John F. Germany Public
Library, Tampa, FL
Col. Tony Hill & Family, New
Zealand
The Charles-Harold Collection,
Tampa, FL
Ms. Tori Colomeco, Bradenton,
FL
The Stein Family Collection,
Tampa, FL
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Elio Lopez's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Elio Lopez's Portfolio.
Expressionism through color, depth, and the deconstruction of form
Sight. Seeing. How do we see? Is it simply through optic sensations that we view and judge the world around us? Our circumstances? Or is there some deeper, psychological process we are/are not aware of at play? To what extent of what we see is colored by our own personal psychology? The psychology of our environment? Our society?
What I ultimately love most about painting over all other mediums, is the flexibility allowed the artist. While the same may be said of other mediums, for me, this is especially true with painting. Recent technological developments in materials has decreased the medium's limitations. Now more than ever a wide variety of possibilities to express oneself exists.
Currently the images I’m working with come from a long tradition in European (especially Spanish) painting. By searching for new ways to approach and create these archaic images, I seek to find a new way of self-expression. I believe that most, if not all, great art is born of struggle between the things that limit us, that stand between what we want and what we can control. Each attempt at deconstructing the ... |
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