” Steven Vasquez Lopez creates a visual celebration of the everyday patterns and colors that become the layers of our life experiences. Lopez’s recent paintings guide his viewers on a personal journey through the great state of California.Beginning as a life drawing artist, Lopez’s figures slowly transformed from people to bulls, personifying life, masculinity and human relationships. Now predominately a landscape artist, Lopez uses the traditional medium of painting in a contemporary context distinguishing his paintings with unique pattern work. Lopez has created a self-invented drop-and-pull baroque pattern technique with acrylic to create intricate embellishments throughout his work. Paired with flamboyant patterning and docile livestock, Lopez creates a world of celebration. ”

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