Storytelling is an art form; as it has been for centuries. The earliest stories were told not verbally, but in pictures on cavern walls. I believe that those pictures are to this day, a statement.The statement is simple.
It says: we were here.
Art immortalizes a people (or person) and their beliefs, culture and history. Art has a purpose: the preservation and communication of ones existence: I am here; at this time and place. This is what I did.
My artwork, I believe, serves as an inner voice far more vehement than my speaking voice. My inner voice expresses who I am, where I come from, where I am going and who I have encountered along the way. It expresses what in my life is metamorphosing and what in my life is permanently fixed. What I am is simply a person with her own individual thoughts and feelings. It is because I am a person of a social species that the desire to improve the intercommunication skill is essential. I find that I communicate best when I draw. I draw when I need to, regardless of another's thoughts and critiques. I take a pencil and draw an outline. An outline can take several hours to several days, I then take a simple inking pen and I begin to fill the crevices of the paper with color. The images in the pieces tend to link together on their own, co-existing in symbiosis and therefore telling a story that is unique.
You will find that there are several references to symbols in my artwork. These symbols are from strong and ancient cultures. The cultures themselves are the foundations of our contemporary world. They are symbols from the Egyptians, the Mayans, the Greeks, Natives and of course from my Salvadorian background. The symbols in my work are weaved in with a world that is always in flux. They represent the solid foundation by which I live my life by. These symbols are my guides and reminders of who I am and who I will always be though the world may be in constant motion. In this changing world, I feel as if it is important for everyone to know themselves and the world that they are in and in turn the world shall never forget them.