The Room (Study for Jessie) brown I enrolled in commercial design

I enrolled in commercial design classes for a year at a privately owned art school

They are composed as to create elegantly decorative motifs and patterns

in particular making story books just pictures without words

My parents had renditions of masterworks around our home and I was encouraged to pursue any creative impulse I had at a young age

The Room (Study for Jessie) brown I enrolled in commercial designDetails Artist Bio Shipping 16 x 20 inches 2016 Oil on canvas Framed to 20. 5 x 24. 5 x 1. 4 in. A Southern California native, Emilio Villalba received his BFA from the Art Institute of California in 2006, and his MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University in 2011. He currently lives and works in San Francisco and is represented by the gallery. Artist Statement: My portraits are inspired by master works, as well as the contemporary human