From Corporate Investments to Full-Time Artist, Transition Moments with Adriana Ameigh
Are you considering leaving your corporate day job to become a full time artist? On today we talk to Adriana about her story transition moment of discovering calling, making art a priority again, planning ahead to leave her corporate job and what it is like today being a full time abstract painter today.
Adriana Ameigh, Abstract Artist
Artist Statement:
Through playful experimentation, I embark on an inquisitive journey. Every painting starts as an abstract full of texture, raw energy, and intuitive marks. Sometimes the process is calm and nurturing. Sometimes it’s wild and playful. As the painting evolves, its intriguing story is composed as I add and scrape away layers, revealing the interplay between inner and outer, daring and thoughtful, intentional and unexpected. The underlayers serve as a catalog of the many iterations a work goes through before completion. Whether abstract or representational, my aim is to create dynamic paintings that balance movement, tactile textures and uplifting colors while inviting the viewer to explore the stories embedded beneath the surface.
Biography of Adriana Ameigh:
Adriana Ameigh is a Puerto Rican abstract artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her botanical and abstract paintings invite the viewer to explore the stories embedded underneath layers of vibrant colors and textured surfaces. She works primarily in acrylics, and oils with cold wax. Her current series focuses on exploring one’s heritage and what it means to be part of a diaspora.
She also enjoys sharing her art and business knowledge through in-person workshops, participatory community projects, the Art Studio Insights podcast she co-hosts, and the Level Up Artists community she co-founded.
Mentioned in the Episode:
Book: I’d rather Be In the Studio by Alison Stanfield
Book: Keep Going by Austin Kleon
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