ARTIST:
CELENA DE LUNA
+ I have been drawing since I was a young child. It was my main way of communicating and interacting with the people around me. As a very introverted kid, I had so much to say but very little words to say it. So with all of this energy built, I expressed myself through drawing and painting. I remember wanting to wake people up out of their shells with art that would make them remember what soul feels like. It seemed as though people were numb to this pulsating nourishing world around them and I wanted them to see this badly. And I still hold that same desire today.
+ I am an obsessive observer. This allows me to look at an object and easily be able to render it in my own style. My artwork has a realistic feel do to this. I am mostly self taught through practice but in no way will I discredit every art class I eagerly sought in my elementary-high school-college education.
+ I am a seeker of depth. I want my art to seem like it actually holds breath. I want it to remind you that everything is alive and holds energy. I desire to create the illusion of life on the flat ground we are given.
+ I am a health food enthusiast, have a passion for integrative emotional healing and a practicer of herbal medicine. Any way I can support these practices in my artwork through supporting like-minded businesses or illustrating like-minded concepts, I will. I seek to align all of my interests into one to express myself as authentically as possible.
+ I am an advocate for accessible art . Because of this, I have found a gateway into expressing this through grassroots commercial art. It is my way of fulfilling local business needs while creating artwork for the public. I also intentionaly use very affordable mediums like colored pencil and 'your every-day' pen to show that you don't need to spend a fortune on art supplies to create quality art.
