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Go ahead and copy paste save my artwork, I don't care, as long as you spread the word and credit me as the artist. All my artwork has copyrights, but if you would like to use it for anything, please ask my permission, most likely I will say yes. Artistmind xoxo
LOVE PLAYING Wii with my kids.
Most of my time I spend with my painting or drawing, ebay, whatever, spontaneous moment I'm going through for the day.
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I do consignment artwork, but ONLY from professional done MACRO photographs or occasional live models, and when I have the extra time. I also have been putting together live figure modeling, and always in search for models who would like to donate there free time to local SoCal, N Hollywood area artist.
I use myspace for a place to network with other artist. So if you are local artist, and you want to attend a figure drawing session, send me an email so I can give to the date and time to attend. Sessions will be held in Burbank area, either in a studio, or outdoors. I am also contemplating getting together friends, and local artist to gather in Venice beach for figure drawing in the summer of 2010.
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Sorry, but although I love to model or use to model, I don't use myspace as a place to pick up, hook up, I don't $#!T where I eat, it is only a place for my fans of my work, friends, a place to network with other amazing artist, and meet people with good intentions. I like to change my profile picture frequently, so enjoy my A.D.D.(lol). Please be considerate to my request by not sending me any pick-up lines or request for dates, I may block you from my myspace....thanks soo much for understanding.
Where I get my art ideas: I see whats in my mind at the time and paint it. I mostly enjoy portraits & sketching. Dark, Gothic, fantasy, is the style of art I prefer, but always intrigue with mostly all types of art....also art in nature, other peoples dis-guarded belongings at the resale stores, art in fashion, photography etc.
Music
TOOL ~Aenima
Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks
Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.
Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.
It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks
Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.
Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.
Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this
Stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit...
One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
Mom is going to fix it all soon,
Mom is coming round to put it back
The way it oughtta be...
Learn to swim.
Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.
Learn to swim.
Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.
Learn to swim.
Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.
Learn to swim.
Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.
Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.
I wanna see it all come down.
Suck it down.
Flush it down.
Pink Floyd * MUSE * Josh Pyke * Foo Fighters favorite song at the moment: The Deepest Blues Are black * NONPOINT! Hollywood Undead rocks * AM News Radio * Dude Royal * Cranberries * Snow Patrol * Back Tide, peaches, Ben Harper, Ray Lamontagne, keanes, The Fray, Coldplay, Kanya West, Jack Johnson * Jay Z, Tonic, Jay Z, Snoop Dag, Neyo, Bach, Metallica, C.O.C., Godsmack, Disturbed, Young Joc * Lil Wayne * Snoop Dag * Hard Rock * young bloods * Jimi Hendrix * MOST Heavy Metal * Dance * Some Rap * Hip Hop * little bit of R&B, some trance * Blues * Blue Grass * Acoustic * Orchestra * Classical * Favorite at the moment: FAR, RED JUMPSUIT, Framing Hanley, Kenny Wayne, Death Cab for Cutie, Tantric, SilverChair, Mickey Avalon, Smashing Pumkins, The Lovemongers, Spoon, Kings of Leon, The Script, Apocalyptica, Steel Heart, 10 Years, Theory of a Dead Man, Kevin Rouldof, Tonic, Jace Everett, MGMT, Course of Nature, Carolina Lair, Crooked Hooked, Mickey Avalon, Jeremy Green, Evolocity, Disciple (I feel YOU), Monster Magnet, Avenge Sevenfold, 32 Leaves, Fliter, Mudvayne, LIFEHOUSE, Switchfoot, Steel Dragon, Korn, THE Beatles, Muse, Jet, MGMT, Flyleaf, Lady Gaga, Led Zeppelin, Skindred, Bob Marley, Hives, Alanis M, Slipknot, Mostly a rocker by heart, but LOVE dancing to what my friends call Ghetto music, hip hop, rap or house music, and relaxing to trance, and classical instrumental, violin, piano sounds.
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Water Baby, Shocking Beauty, Angela Christopulos, Jeb Sediko
Movies
BRONSON, Fight Club, Red Violin, Super Bad, The Thing, Alien, Hard Candy, Quills, Amadeus, Angels and Demons, Day of the dead, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Johnny Depp, Final Fantasy, Fifth Element, Strip Tease, Rock Star, Pineapple Express, Juno, The Ruins, Seven, Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, Brave Heart, True Blood, Twilight, The Doors movie, Hung, Tudors, Pans Labyrinth, Time Machine, Dr. who, Alfred Hitchcock, Casino, Go, Rush, House of flying Daggers, Wolverine, Dark Knight
Television
CNN * Hung * Forensic Files * Bull$#!T with Pen & Teller, True Blood, Dexter, YouTube, TMZ, L.A. Confidential. 20/20. Cat House, Big Love, Flight of the Concords. VH1 Rock of Love, Soprano's, 48 hours, Antique Roads Show, anything with Vampires / horror, and stand up comedy, Colbert Report, hbo poetry jam
Books
I read, everyday. Dictionary mostly! Art History, How to Books. Idiot books! Online is mostly where I read. Sometimes I'm reading all day because I have to for work. I'm reading THE ART BOOK at the moment. Mostly I enjoy Art history books, antique books, self help books, and magazines with good articles. My favorite book is by Dierdre Luzwick, Judson Huss, and Alan Lee. They are all art books, and great reading. Also my sweet friend Neil Strauss ALWAYS has interesting books like, The Dirt, The Game. Rule of the Game, M. Manson, Emergency, etc...
Heroes
I try to be my own hero, although I can be my own villain at times. My other hero's are the people who live through the traumas of war of any kind like my absent ex father, children from broken homes who have know other choice then street life, children waiting to be adopted, gay couples dealing with rights to have normalcy, surviving any illness mental, and internal, and last but most important my loving Mummsy and Papa, and sister. Oh and, Barrack Obamma.
About me: ((All great art is born from suffering.))
ARTIST * Nonconformist * outsider * modern hippie* "blessed" Agnostic * Mom * Entrepreneur * Internet Surfer * Computer Junkie * MUSIC LOVER * Super scary Horror & SCi-Fi movie addict, books, art etc. ("First in all essence – NO real artist has learned or has been intelligibly enriched by these critics.
It is a fundamental shame that these so called critics are the excrement in the afterbirth of ART." ~a friend)
oil on wood / This artwork ( Ice Princess) is unfinished.
UNFINISHED / tittle: Sashimi oil and pencil on wood
Sylvia Lizarraga:
I grew up in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles as a young artist always ditching class to draw, also staying in my art class through lunch break. I have always wanted to perfect seeing every single attribute in an object rather than seeing it as a whole. This helps me learn to change my visual perception of every object I subconsciously dissect, and study. Understanding the compilation of attributes in any object will always be a habit of mine. I try to add a bit of realism in my paintings, and dimension from practicing this technique. For example, staring at the dew on a flower as it catches the light. Or the gleam in someones eyes while listening to them talk. I even catch myself at times looking at the lines in marble stone, even clouds just to find some sort of hidden elaborate face or figure. I take moments in everyday to visually study something new.
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I attended F.I.D.M. college for a short time, and grew up surrounded by artist in my family, and in friendships. A few people I look up to and consider them my idols, like my Papa Nicolas Christopulos,art professor/teacher Mr. David Wood, and a few new recent professional oil painters I have had the privilege to know.
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I am very fortunate at this time to have master painters teach me skills I could never learn in a college. I believe if you want to get good at what you choose to do in your lifetime, then best to follow the talent and ask questions when you feel its most important, listen, watch, focus, and then soak up every detail you have learned, then utilize your knowledge.
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The more my artwork gets noticed, the more humbling it is to me, and helps provoke my inspiration. I am truly wanting to portray a feeling of soul behind each artwork.
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I just started painting with oils about 8 months ago 2009. I painted in high school with acrylics, and only tried oil once in the early 90's. Now 20 years later I am in love with oils. I can manipulate the paint texture much easier than acrylics, but I do find it easy to use almost every medium, and in the future even attempt producing some sculptures, as I also have dabbled with in the past.
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Everyday I paint I learn something new as I go. Some of my first paintings are more impressionistic style. My new series of paintings in YOUTH is a bit different, with a more smooth less gritty style of brush strokes. I find painting on wood is much easier for me then canvas. I once had a friend, who is a master painter and he told me if you want your artwork to last then paint on an organic surface, so my choice is wood. He also mentioned moths eat canvas, and no real masterpiece will be remembered if bugs are eating your artwork....or something to that sort. His friendship will be missed.
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I am working on a series of paintings purely for my own practice, and a form of personal therapy, an escape from the reality and conformity of everyday life. Painting gives me the feeling of bliss and security within my inner core/gut. Each artwork is like a dairy of my life, and I find a strong connection with almost every painting and drawing I create. I am particularly drawn to eyes, and the female form. Eyes are the window to your soul. I find myself connected to the darker side of art. Gothic, Outsider, and also Classic Renaissance.
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Art is everywhere guiding me through life, and can guide you to if you let it. I believe everyone is born with some sort of natural talent whether it's in the arts or music, poetry,sports, even the art of business careers, or even being a good mother/father to your children.... Natural talent is your calling, and if you let it just decapitate as time passes you by, then most likely you'll look back as I have, and have regrets for not starting to do something with it sooner. I am trying to erase all the regret, push forward in hopes to creating nothing but my best in the year ahead of me, someday even make gallery worthy art, as some of my fellow artist have successfully accomplished.
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I appreciate all my new myspace, and deviant art friends, thank you for anyone that favors my art, and adds me to their friends. It's truly a complement.
Peace, ~Artistmind
Sylvia lizarraga
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ALL CREDIT IS GIVEN ON SITES I ORIGINALLY FIND TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND WITH LINKS TO PHOTOGRAPHERS HOMEPAGE BY REQUEST. THANK YOU, FOR INSPIRING MY ARTIST MIND.
Please know that I am a huge fan of horror, sc-fi, some comics, and it reflects in my artwork, it's just fantasy and I love creating art that has many stories. I believe art can be beautiful even on the darkside.
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You can view more of my artwork on google, Artistmind or Sylvia Lizarraga or here on myspace, deviantart.com, redbubble, ect...
Titled: GOTHIC Russian Baby: First painting I did in high school in the 90's. This piece will be with me always and I will always have it up in any showings I have, as my good luck. I have lost this piece soo many times and it seems to always pop up, soo that's pretty lucky to me.
Thank you for noticing my artwork, and stopping to browse my photos. Don't be shy to send me comments, and some of your own artwork.
I thrive on art, live and breathe it.
I'm pretty down to earth, so any suggestions or questions you have please feel free to send me email, or comments.
Who I'd like to meet: Nostradamus * George Carlin * Mozart * Bach * Obama * Any Prophet * Any God * A Ghost * A Vampire ~ Lestat De Lioncourt * UFO * Heath Leger * cast of true Blood * Picasso, Lam *
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I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!
Send me scary art in my comments, and within a week after Halloween night I will send a signed copy poster free to one winner. ARTWORK MUST BE MADE BY YOU, and please add the word CONTEST to your comment. Photographs, digital, photoshop, paintings, drawings, poems, can be entered in my contest, fan art, homemade movies (Keep it myspace friendly).
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Good luck to whom ever participates....and try not to get banned from myspace or photobucket, lol.
Remember to censor, and very importantly put "CONTEST" into your comment.
Peace xo, Sylvia Lizarraga
ARTiSTMiND
ciao Sylvia, grazie per l'add,AMO i tuoi dipinti*w* appena cambierò il mio myspace caricherò anch'io le foto dei miei dipinti e spero tu possa poi darci un'occhiata,buon lavoro cara, a presto,baci dall'Italia:**
.with a cloudy chance of turkey parts, mixed stale veggies, grannies surprise whats in the pies yuck, globules of renderings and torrential rains of booze to make sense of all this, reminding you of another year in another wishful time, haha .enjoy the giving of yourself and let's thank those who also do -amen! gooble-gooble up syl
Thanks for having accepted my friendship request. I like your page, I will come back on it as much as possible. I hope you do appreciate my Art (as a painter.)
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I've never seen a better filled out music section, maynard always speaks to me in such a way that no other I feel will EVER do...ever. His music just never gets old, every time I listin to a song its just like the first time again and again ahhhh
Thanks for the comments =) Ive been drawing non stop lately I love it, Ive always wanted to experiment with some oils you work flawlessly with them. I'm lovein the default right now to, Ive always had a somewhat fetish with the morbid side of art, its all so beautiful.
Haha I'm glad tho that stupid fuckin bitch is coming back today from collage for a visit haha shes my best friend so I'm allowed to call her that hahaha
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