Size: 3’x3’
Medium: Digital Print on Canvas.
Year: 2022.
Description: Originally Illustrated Digitally, a portrait of Connor Rivera. commissioned by his Father, Erny Rivera.

Recently I was asked to make a portrait of my client’s son. I’m always grateful to portray people’s loved ones but this piece in particular was a personal milestone because I had the opportunity to make what I would normally hand paint as a digital artwork. 

The goal for this piece was to eventually hang it at the collector’s home, and I was able to do so through large-scale digital printing. This isn’t anything new in the world, but I haven’t had examples of my own artwork to show using this process. Relative to the length of my career, I’m still sort of new to digital art. I came from the time when the medium was in its infancy so a lot of my practice and training were through traditional media.

I've done plenty of smaller digital prints and publishing assignments but this was more in the realm of Murals, Interior Design Space, and Galleries where the art is more of a public display piece. What I like about the final result is that my intentions and the soul of the work don’t feel lost. My preference is the end result over the medium. I am more concerned with my ideas and concepts rather than which tools I use, so making a project like this illustrates how we can still be the same artists across various mediums.

For years I hesitated to ‘go digital’ and when I finally embraced the process I actually began to prefer it. I’m grateful that I still get my fair share of assignments, but one area that dropped off for me was making art for interior and exterior spaces. I’ve offered the option to people but without an example, it’s hard to envision a digital piece as something that can be used effectively in a physical space. I can’t wait to explore this further.

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