Artist Information:
Vanessa Aves
Longmont, CO
United States
Member Since: Apr 2005
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Artist Statement:
It is important to choose the
subjects I work on with great
thought because they have to
be interesting to me. After
examining my body of artwork I
found a wide variety of
subjects, compositions and
media. My favorite media to
work in is oil pastel because
of what it’s rich deep color
adds to my artwork cannot be
achieved with soft pastels or
colored pencils.
“Fountain of the Seven
Brides,” was inspired by a
poem. In my interpretation the
women were all bound and
controlled yet there was
something so free about them
like fire. Fire can be
contained but it can also burn
free. “Laying Together” was my
first experiment drawing the
figure with oil pastels. I
really enjoyed the looseness
and the way it could blend. It
may not be my most
accomplished pastel piece but
it is where I fell in love
with oils. “Spotlighted” was
the first figure drawing I did
where I just let my
imagination do whatever it
wanted instead of exactly
trying to render the form. It
was the beginning of the end,
so to speak, because my pieces
after this all expressed my
own creativity instead of me
trying to ...
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Vanessa Aves's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Vanessa Aves's Portfolio. Browse Aves's body of work: It is important to choose the subjects I work on with great thought because they have to be interesting to me. After examining my body of artwork I found a wide variety of subjects, compositions and media. My favorite media to work in is oil pastel because of what it’s rich deep color adds to my artwork cannot be achieved with soft pastels or colored pencils.
“Fountain of the Seven Brides,” was inspired by a poem. In my interpretation the women were all bound and controlled yet there was something so free about them like fire. Fire can be ... |
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Seeing Spots, 2005
Other Drawing,
22 x 30 inches
Not for Sale
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Lounging, 2005
Other Drawing,
18 x 20 inches
Not for Sale
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Baby, 2003
Pencil Drawing,
25 x 25 inches
Not for Sale
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Flying, 2004
Pen Drawing,
30 x 22 inches
Not for Sale
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