Artist: Dre Lopez
Medium: Acrylic
Show: Vol. 2
The piece deals with sacrifice, personal big and small. Sacrificing for something bigger, sacrificing who we think we are for what we are supposed to be. An awakening, transformation by fire, purity both good and bad. Acceptance, honesty, peace.
Dre Lopez is the founder and Lead Artist/Creative Director for PIENSA: Art Company which is an illustration, fine art, written arts and event organizing multimedia studio. A self taught artist with over 14 years of experience in several different mediums (graphite, oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, digital, design), with a main focus on illustration. Drawing from his many different influences, his dynamic and aesthetic carry versatility, from chaotic, kinetic and violent to minimal, soothing and stimulationg. Many of his illustration clients have been in the entertainment, music, comics, sports, and military fields but not limited to that with some work having been in fashion, marketing, advertising, political and editorial fields.
His illustration and graphic design work has been published in print and digitally on a local, regional and national level. ADDY award winner (2008). His fine art and illustration has been included in shows all throughout California, Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. He also thinks Robert Chambers is the coolest.