Emmanuel SA Artist

Emmanuel SA Artist offers original acrylic paintings on hand-stretched canvas and archival prints of his original paintings.

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My work straddles between the concepts of representation and abstraction. Through these ideas, the canvas speaks to different people in different ways. I am fascinated by iconic people and symbols of different generations throughout the past and present and how they evoke different meanings in different people.

My work consists of images of Texas Life, Hispanic: History/Culture/Life, People, Places, Everyday life, Historical Landmarks, Inanimate objects, Still Life, as a devoted christian I also do works of spirituality. Many of these subjects represent, if not a direct cultural affiliation to me, then a distant or historical perspective. Those who share with me the same or similar cultural experiences will connect to the concept and abstraction via memory and emotion. The same applies to those who lived in a different time upon seeing a cultural image or icon recognizable to them within their era. I want them to see what they once saw, but in a brand new way.

By weaving together different mediums such as, acrylic paints, mixed media, and emphasizing intensive color, along with abstraction and representation, my work forms into a fusion of local cultural dynamics that turn an object of the past or present into a single medium of art which can be viewed through a modern or post-modern lens, depending on where one stands within the realm of historical Consciousness.

Abstraction and representation, as well as my personal foundations, cultural and educational experiences, all blend in to my conscious and sub-conscious mind and allow me to create works of art that I hope will bring an emotion or memory from the past or present to all who view it.