It still amazes me what a "line" can do. What a line on a piece of paper can stand for, what it signifies, what it symbolizes. Sometimes the most intimidating thing to me is a blank piece of WHITE paper...yet, when a line is placed upon that paper, it becomes less and less intimidating.
The most prominant visual element in my work is the "simple black line" and the contrast against WHITE. Like classic black shoes (womens heels, mens simple black loafers), the classic "little black dress", classic black sunglasses (plastic frames like the Ray Ban Wayfarer's, or black metal frames like the Aviators), a smooth black leather jacket, or the classic black bow tie and tuxedo...it's amazing what "simple black" can do, the color it can bring out in everything else...the contrast it has against stark, hard, cold WHITE!
Black and White will ALWAYS have a strong, hard impact in the world of art, and the world we live in. There's nothing truer, nothing cleaner, nothing more vivid and definite. Whether the lines are hard solid lines or exaggerated and splashed out about...you're going to get the same strong impact...anyday, anywhere...on anything!
"Cristo Rey" (Christ The King)
Wood block print, hand colored. Image size is approximately 5" x 7".
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El Color de Mi Vida (The Color of My Life)
Newly Framed - Wooden frame
El Jugador (The Player)
23" x 27" Wooden Framed Artwork
Siempre Juntos (Together Always)
Blank Classic White Greeting Cards
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La Esmeralda - 2014
My beautiful wife during the month of October/November for Dia De Los Muertos ~ Photography, costumes and make up by Crystal Torres Sanchez (In Memory of my Father Dionicio Casanova Jr.)
Chicitita - 2014
In memory of my Grandfather Raymond Elalio Zaragoza
Huesos de Amor
Gift tags or tags for ANY occassion!! You just have to believe!!!
Angel of Love
Ink Pen, Berol Prismacolor, ink
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