Puente Gonzalo
Artist Statement
I have always loved art since I was a kid. When I was younger, my mother used to decorate easter eggs and thought she had very good skills for doing so. I started helping her and fell in love with how I can use color to create what I want with my own hands. Since then, I would draw everywhere, although I wasn’t good at it. Everything I made was nothing more than doodles in a notebook, but I enjoyed creating anything. It was not until my junior year of high school that I took an art class. I was put into a class with freshmen since it was my first year taking an art class. However, my professor almost immediately stopped giving me the freshman work and told me to start working on a painting to enter the local county fair. This was some of the most fun I had ever had and solidified what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to major in graphic design since I had an interest in the communication aspect of design. I was not sure if I would enjoy it, but I quickly realized I did.
I believe graphic design plays a huge role in society since it is pretty much everywhere you look. Since I started studying, I always had the goal to create something interesting. I feel as if design in the world has become more boring and stale over time. I especially see this with bigger corporations trying to make everything minimal and clean, but I believe this defeats the purpose of communication design. Although “simple” does communicate things effectively by eliminating distractions, it completely neglects the fact that to communicate with someone, you need to catch their attention first and keep it. Although I am not the greatest designer in the world, I do want to create something that people will look at and find interesting.
My problem-solving method is pretty straight forward. I always tackle a problem straight on if possible. If an answer to something is not immediately obvious to me, I usually try to gain help by searching for inspiration, reflecting on previous work, or by bouncing ideas and thoughts off a friend or colleague.
