Today we’d like to introduce you to Dos Diablos.
Please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
I began to draw in my adolescence, I always thought that school is boring, I spent the whole class drawing on the edge of the notebooks. In home, there were some art encyclopedias, which I loved to see through again and again, especially the part after the Renaissance, it was amazing how they managed to do that magic in paintings and sculptures. I usually spent watching movies that my father rented, we were allowed rent a movie every weekend and my brother and I saw them again and again. When I saw Alien (to mention some) I love the creature few years later I ended up finding that the H.R. Giger create this amazing worlds, I liked try drawing creatures and forms like his. But I saw all kinds of movies, from “The Shining” by Kubrick to “Novecento” by Bertolucci (Caution: in this film, almost nothing happens). Time later I tried to paint by myself, but the results were not so good, so I only drew ideas and characters, many of which at this moment I am rescuing them, I still have a lot to rescue but I think that I am not technically prepared to develop them as I really imagine them.
For a few years now, I have dedicated myself to editorial design, which alternated with painting, with practice and patience I managed to start painting again, I also added sensations that I was going through at that moment, laughter, discomfort, friends, people I admire and love. On the other hand, it also reflected the social feeling, the impact of seeing the crime and painful situations that occurred in the country.
The road is long and I still have a lot to know and learn. I think what really influenced me, was seeing thousands of films and portraits of the Baroque, this was what impact to create my work.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
Each work I do is different, sometimes it is very automatic, sometimes painted by himself, and sometimes I prepare it, I do many sketches, ideas, references.
I really like to prepare my surfaces, cut the wood, the fabric, sand them, put them gesso. After finishing the painting, the varnish process, the assembly in the frame and assembling the packaging to send it, for me all this is relaxing, I could say it is therapeutic. There are surfaces that take up to a month in preparation, but this process I enjoy as well as painting.
I do not know if it transmits the message, sometimes I obtain that the spectators catch what I transmit, but at the end of everything they end up taking what they want, it is like a plate of snacks. Some like it, but for others are repulsive or intrigued, they tell me that what I paint is horrible, what I’m sure of is that my paintings are a mirror and many are reflected, that’s why they do not like it, because they cannot be with themselves, on the other hand, other people take very deep readings of what I paint, things that I never thought to transmit, and this is interesting, to show them the original idea and that the viewer makes his own.
What responsibility, if any, do you think artists have to use their art to help alleviate problems faced by others? Has your art been affected by issues you’ve concerned about?
Totally, the last years have changed a lot and there is an inherent responsibility. Terrible things happen every day. Our main enemy is that everything goes so fast that we forget, tomorrow a celebrity appears in an extravagant dress, and we leave behind what happened, we have a short-term memory. The art is there to make us remember what has happened, to remind us that we are not machines watching screens half of the day. We’re humans.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
The website is in process, but for the moment you can see a lot of my work on Instagram or Facebook, every couple of months I release limited prints of some of my paintings, this could be a way to support my work. Or if you have the opportunity, you can see my work in person on October 13 at “Copro Gallery”, and December 7 at “La Luz de Jesus Gallery”, both galleries in L.A.
Contact Info:
- Email: diable.le@gmail.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/dos.diablos.dos
- Facebook: facebook.com/dosdiablosdos
Image Credit:
J. Dos Diablos
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