Cesar Martinez
My art journey began not long ago, in late 2019. Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” was the piece that inspired me to start creating art, but it was because of Piccassos quote “learn the rules like a pro, so that you can break them like an artist” that inspired me to teach myself anatomy. I relentlessly worked at my figure drawing for about a year. It was around that time when I saw a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat which inspired me to make the change to painting. I have now been painting for about a year, and have developed my style through the likeness of Piccasso, Basquiat, Warhol, Schiele, and Twombly. In each and every artwork, I draw from personal life experiences to convey my message in a very sentimental and personal way.