SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
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The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
Angela
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UNITED STATES
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“My passion for painting surprised me, as I finally realized what truly made me feel ‘free’.”
Angela is a self-taught artist born in 1990, based in Southern California, United States. As a child, she would draw characters from television shows, doodles of her parents, and portraits of aunties and uncles. She was interested in everything arts and crafts, made Power Rangers and Disney character costumes out of paper, put together stacks of Perler bead projects, and wrote and illustrated piles of half-finished books.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
As time went by, the social conditioning from society led Angela to focus more on material world pursuits. She spent almost a decade on and off in the automotive industry, worked as a realtor, and dipped her toes in various fields. However, she felt as if none of the occupations she had tried truly resonated with her. She reached a breaking point, and asked the universe for guidance.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
One night, she had a dream about an elementary school classmate. She remembered that this classmate had always seemed like a happy kid, and that he had played hockey as a child. Sports had never been her main area of interest, but a silly thought crossed her mind: “Maybe if I did the things that he did, I would be as happy too”. So, in a pursuit to realize happiness, she decided to try it out.
“If we surrender and release control of having to know every little detail of how our lives are going to go, life becomes much easier.”
In 2018, after attending a few beginner hockey programs, she immersed herself in the sport. She picked up a job at an ice arena, and when she was not working, she spent her days skating, taking lessons, and spectating hockey games at local rinks.
“I realized, as humans, we like to plan because our egos tend to want to know everything in order to have some certainty in our lives.”
Although she enjoyed the sport, she did not understand how investing all this time, money, and energy into the hobby would do anything for her on a deeper level. Throughout this time, the curiosity to realize what her true passions were never left the back of her head.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
“I liked to make greeting cards, which my piano teacher made copies of for me to pass out to friends and family.”
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
She had read about a Japanese concept called “ikigai”, meaning “a reason for living”, which was the union of four fundamental components of life: passion, vocation, profession, and mission. While hockey was fun, one had to somewhat proficient at it in order to turn it into anything more than just a hobby.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
Eventually though, through the sport, she met someone who was working in the creative industry. Not knowing many people in that line of work, it inspired her contemplate a different kind of pursuit. While still unbeknownst to her at the time, however irrelevant the correlation was to her “purpose” the sport had seemed, every experience was part of a bigger picture, and was leading her on a journey back to her true self.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
For the following couple of years, while still not having much of a clue what was the right career path, and not yet having an idea of what would bring her a sense of fulfillment, her spirituality grew. She had read a quote somewhere that said along the lines of “your passion is what you loved doing as a child, you just have to remember it”. On New Year’s Eve 2021, she decided to start drawing.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
“I am drawing since childhood and won my first award in grade school.”
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
After a few days, the process was not quite resonating with her as much as she had hoped. She sent a few illustrations to her father, who had been an oil painter, who then asked her, “Why don’t you try abstract art?”. Not having much of an idea of what that was or how to do so, her father instructed for her to simply paint, without focusing on the results. Angela got back into art, and began abstract painting in January of 2021.
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.
She remembered an old Yiddish adage, “Mann tracht, un Gott lacht”, meaning “Man plans, and God laughs”. But the truth is, sometimes things don’t always go according to our plans. Fate and destiny are at play; we can only do our best.”
To appreciate or create abstract art is something from beyond the physical realm; it would be insensible to give a description with such limiting words of the human language.