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Frederico Vigil
Traditional Hispanic cultural values carry on through the works of Vigil, a native New Mexican who is known internationally for his wall art. A devotee of the ancient art of buon fresco — a painstaking process of plaster and paint application that peaked in popularity in 16th-century Italy — Vigil has created more than twenty frescos since the 1980s, decorating the walls of public places as well as private residences. A recipient of the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, Vigil has spent the past decade creating a recently unveiled 4,000-square-foot (372-square- meter) fresco at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
The world shapes my sketching, either the past, present or future.
My sketching is inspired by some idea, event or vision, especially if I am working on a project, event or theme. My sketches are the first impressions, expressions of the original vision that has occurred. They are the foundation of the finished work.
I sketch whenever or wherever, usually daily, and it can be in the morning or evening. It is not trackable for me. I use colored pencil, pen and ink, markers, charcoal, inks, watercolors, acrylics and/or inorganic pigments. I use any paper available, from napkins to fine sketch pads or fine paper.
While I am sketching, I think about the vision that has developed, or the idea of a theme and/or the event or person, and how it will express itself on the paper from the vision in my brain or subconscious. The benefit is accomplishing on paper what I have received as a vision. When sketching, I feel maybe some emotion of what I am working on, either positive or negative, beautiful or ugly, bloody or bloodless.
If anything, sketching shows me the struggle(s) that all artists have to deal with, and there are no shortcuts in the process of developing a vision. Sometimes I experience much more freedom and expression of movement, without worry as to what is released, and sometimes the sketch is better than the final product.
The world shapes my sketching, either the past, present or future.
Mark White
White's kinetic sculptures, crafted with handworked copper blades stainless steel mechanicals, are designed to spiral and spin in the on slightest wind, but, says the artist, “the art of my work is the motion itself — the intricate patterns and optical effects created by the sculptural elements rotating in continually changing tensions and harmonies.” At once mesmerizing and meditative, White's acclaimed sculptures president have made their way into the collections of former Gerald Ford and 1979 Nobel Prize winner in physics Sheldon Glashow. White also completes patined engravings on metal.
