ART Ramiro Valle

Visual Art – Los Angeles

Dear friends: Thank you to all who have voted for me in the 2011 RAWards. I will be be representing Hollywood in the Semi-Finals on November. I'll let you know more details about what's coming next. LOVE%PEACE&HOPE Ramiro Valle was born, raised and educated in Colombia. His diverse studies range from the fine arts to industrial engineering. A published poet and accomplished musician, he draws upon his many talents to inform his unique visual language. Valle lives in Los Angeles, where he devotes himself to his career as a full-time visual artist. Valle's integrative, digital paintings are surreal and evoke a sense of timelessness. The viewer becomes lost in the rich backgrounds and mazes that create infinite worlds within each piece. Techno brushwork characterizes Valle's technique- he gracefully combines the technology of digital imaging with an artist's sensitivity for his medium. Each painting starts with an original photograph that has been converted into a digital image. Through the computer, Valle literally paints over his photograph, the digital enhancements act as elements of mixed media applied on top of the initial composition. Only portions of the photograph remain untouched by the artists brush, thus coaxing the viewer to search for clues as if solving the mystery of Valle's visual world. – Mary Pomerantz ARTIST STATEMENT I label my genre "Geometric Romanticism", fusing together the normally separate worlds of Geometry and Romanticism, melding the familiar with the abstract, the mathematical with the fanciful, the measurable with the elusive. My subjects are surrounded and enveloped by ever-present challenges, hope, dreams, faith, sensuality and mystery symbolized by the embracing backdrop of abstract geometrical shapes. I would like the complex imagery in my art to act as a maze that entices the viewer to navigate, explore and discover their own personal truth through their viewing journey. http://photoartramirovalle.blogspot.com/