Rona's Page

Name

Figueroa

Artistic Medium

whatever material is right. lots of oil.

Birthplace

San Francisco

Influences

lovers, mythology, rock and roll, new york city, other viz artists

How it all began...

Vague memories of dad bringing me into my first art store where he bought me my first oil paints and bristle brushes. Painting some stranger's garden very quickly while my dad waited in the car. I was extremely nervous, feeling like I was trespassing or stealing or something. Going home from school (high school) one day and thinking, I can draw that face (on the cover of 17 magazine). And then I started to reproduce paintings i saw in magazines that I liked. I wanted to see them lifesize so I'd "enlarge" them myself. And then I took a drawing class in college when I should have been taking another film or writing class...and I was hooked.

In the works...

moving towards the figurative

About me in general...

I like all aspects of the arts, and I don't just like them, I pursue them because I need to know, I need to experience.

if you could collaborate with/meet any artist, past or present, who would it be?

Shakespeare, Pacquiao, Carlos Bulosan, Jean Cocteau, Lars von Trier, Bjork, Jimi Hendrix, Kurasawa

Check out my website

http://myspace.com/ronabologna