Today we’d like to introduce you to Stephanie Gonzalez.
Born in Monterrey N.L. Mexico, Stephanie grew up with her grandparents in Reynosa, Mexico and picked up painting from her grandfather. She began painting at the age of 14 and later started developing new techniques and experimenting with different mediums. As a child, she moved from Georgia to Mexico, then to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. After high school, she moved to Houston, where she currently resides. Stephanie enjoys creating abstract works that reflect her emotions, freelance logos, murals, interior designs, and she also creates simple twine bracelets. In her work, she uses mixed media such as coffee, wine, aerosol paint, watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels, china ink.
Stephanie received her BFA in Interior Design from the Art Institute of Houston in December, 2011. She has created works for public collections such as Starwood Hotels – Le Meridien in Saigon, murals for Lot 8, famous designer Chloe Dao’s retail boutique in Rice Village, Skyline Art Services, the Make a Wish Foundation, Pearl Bar, and friends commissions; in addition to these murals, she has also participated in many art happenings in Houston and shown her art at various galleries throughout the South Texas area. She is well versed in many design programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, AutoCAD, Revit, & 3D Studios Max. She currently works as a full time fine Artist in Houston, TX.
Stephanie seeks to inspire emotion with her works.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Hard work and persistence have allowed me to become a full time artist, and mistakes, a lot of mistakes. I make sure to go into the studio even when I am not feeling inspired. Sometimes I have to go out and seek inspiration, waiting around for it to come is not the best approach for me because there is always something to do, everything is important, from adding items to my inventory list, to answering emails to sealing art.
Tell us more about the business.
Everything starts with a feeling, I work with unconventional materials and spend months, sometimes years on my pieces. I explore with the idea of grunge, imperfection and beauty in the disaster. My work, while abstract, attempts to represent specific emotional instances or conflicts that occur within my mind and/or heart and/or “soul.” I would be hard pressed to explain to a viewer what an individual painting or portion of a painting means. My hope is that each viewer will experience some personal connection with a painting that translates into a better understanding of my experience.
I also create music by looping electric guitar and electric drums. I layer my music like I would my paintings, making music has become another escape for me and it allows me to continue being creative in a different form.
Has luck played a meaningful role in your life and business?
I made a lot of different unexpected turns in my life along with mistakes but somehow they all brought me back to my true passion which is Fine Art. I am a true believe that thoughts become things and I am almost certain that the universe put me in the right direction.
Contact Info:
- Website: stephaniegonzalez.net
- Phone: 832-703-6745
- Email: info@stephaniegonzalez.net
- Instagram: me_gusta_pintar_si
- Facebook: facebook.com/megustapintarsi/
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