Home, acrylic
Justin Enriquez
Soledad High School | Senior
Through my artistry, I found an outlet for creative expression and exploring the limits of my imagination. From an early age, I would bring the visions in my head to life, using my art as a means of escape from the mundane ways of reality. Most of my art nowadays depicts a more whimsical nature because I find that in these darkening times we (and especially myself) could all use some whimsy and fantasy to lighten the days.
As for inspiration, I draw from my favorite novels and musicians to help me in the creative process, with music especially being a driving force.
In previous works, my main media includes watercolor and graphite, though I do have some familiarity working with acrylic paint. But I find the flow of the paint in watercolor to be as rewarding as it is relaxing.
My piece entitled “Home” is an acrylic painting depicting a quaint peaceful scene of a tiny mushroom home deep within the woods. As for why I painted this, I’ve always loved nature, for it’s the earth as its most beautiful and pure. As I’d watch the news and see the destruction and doom on the screen, I’d sometimes wish I could be anywhere but here... and if I could, I would choose to live in a mushroom house in the forest far from the rest of the hustle and bustle of the modern world.