Week 7: Pola Lopez

The artist I intend on presenting on is Pola Lopez. Born in 1954, she is a well-recognized painter who is based in both Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. Her work can be described as "multifaceted" and "polychromatic" seeing as it is made of different forms, colors, and styles. There is no doubt that she enjoys being experimental with her art pieces, infusing them with rich symbolism and vivid imagery.  To Lopez, spirituality, and energy are prominent areas of centralized focus when beginning a new creative process. She always seeks to preserve her unique style of expression through her enhanced understanding and execution of what she calls, "incendiary composition", bursts of vitality and liveliness in her art. Pola is a full-time artist, and very active within her respective LA community. She has a passion for supporting the educational ventures of the youth, as well as exposing her fellow community members to the art field. She provides an art workshop space in Highland Park called 2 Tracks Studio which dually serves as an exhibition space.

While looking through Pola's ArtSlant page online, I came across a variety of different oil paintings, each one made up of a different combination of evocative colors. One, in particular, Sophia in the Thorny Garden, stood out to me because of the instant attraction I felt toward the piece. This uncontrollable urge to take a closer look and distinguish each and every color, line, and figure. Another piece from the same website that had the same immediate effect on me was Morning Glory ~ Women in the Garden Series, a beautiful conglomeration of colors, and shapes, that simply works. Her art is more than just eye-catching colors and forms, each individual piece reserves its own amount of symbolism and pathos.

Overall, Pola Lopez is a great artist to focus on and anatomize on a large scale, her artistic expertise is something to cherish and admire.