Special thanks to Michael, Desi, & Edson for considering my work to be the first modern pinup artist featured in their magazine RETRO LOVELY (Jan 2012) also featuring Playboy's playmate of the year 2011 Claire Sinclaire on the cover and centerfold. Thanks guys.
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Interview for Noche Latina
Noche Latina is a New York City guide to Latin nightlife and entertainment. Creating art for many events around the city, it was only natural to link up with Noche Latina for a little Q&A. Special thanks to Stephanie & Michelle.
Read the full intervie >>HERE<<
Do it badly!
Here s an old school mini article I never posted. It from a Indigenous/ Native American magazine from October 2006. Ughh. I get so freakin' embarrassed reading any interview I take part in . I am super thankful for the attention but since I can't fake shit talkers, yet I feel like I am a fake shit talker when reading these. Anyway this piece inspired by the lovely Tanya V was what really helped me find my direction as a pin up artist. I was starting to get back into painting again after almost 10 years of barely making a thing. Perfectionism, self critical sabotage will warp your mind body and soul. I stopped making art a few times because I thought I was never good enough. (the life long battle many of us share) But as I have slowly learned, If you love what you do, Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. I constantly hear from my fans wanting to see the "old Santiago" the wild cubistic painterly works again. (Trust me, you are about to be blown away by my upcoming works) but I had to take a detour for a few years and learn to make art because I love it, even if it comes out "badly" or not to certain standards. Letting go of unrealistic expectations has in the end made me 10 times more productive. Olus that :shitness I was afraid of was actually another style in me that was yearning to burst out, yet I surpressed it becuasr it did not fit the mold I saw in my head. It was better...
If it is worth doing, its worth doing shittily. Better shitty then not at all. Enough of my rambling.
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I'm in the February 2011 issue of Inked magazine.
Digital Arts Magazine pin up feature
Digital Arts, a popular art & design magazine out of the UK approached me for an article about sex in art for their September 2010 issue. We discuss methods and techniques on creating alluring images while balancing the fine line of classy vs. trashy and treating the viewer with respect with non demeaning imagery . Here is part of my mini interview. Read more at Digital Arts Magazine. Thanks to Alice Ross for the write up. :)
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