Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.

Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Concurrido Street.
From the Brush of Artist - Daniel Ochoa. I'm from Sonoma County, California.

I didn't have much ambition to be an artist when growing up in rural California. I enjoyed drawing and building things. In high school I read a lot and would end up in the artist section of the library. I read about Goya, Van Gogh and Dali. The stories of their lives were as compelling as their work. I liked how the images of the artists seemed to tell their life story. I was meant to get a degree in Civil Engineering when I started college - it seemed practical and I did pretty well in math and physics. I switched to studio art because I enjoyed drawing more than calculus. My junior year of college I spent studying abroad in Florence, Italy. I saw a lot of amazing art, but the primary purpose was to get away from a familiar landscape. There was no real plan or path to be an artist. Eventually, I started selling artwork in cafes after college because I could not get a job. 

I work primarily with painting and drawing. I don't have to be 'inspired' or 'motivated' to make work. It is pre-programmed, just like eating. Eventually I need to do it. 

The experiences I had growing up in a bicultural family fuel the imagery and emotional quality of my work. Over time, I began to recognize cultural dichotomies and to accommodate conflicting viewpoints based on context. With a constantly shifting sense of identity, I explore imagery through my work that is informed by images, emotions, and memory. Painting in layers, I use masking techniques to jumble formal qualities such as abstraction and realistic representation. Recently, I have sourced imagery from Google Street View, the NASA API and social media networks as a way to trace the effect technology has on the construction of images. The combination of divergent elements suggests a pluralistic reality bridging the historical framework of painting, self and the influence of technology on image making.

Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
El Covered Wagon Study.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
CC Portrait.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Piel and Structure.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Platform a Noche.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
EveryBro.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Nobody Retrato.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Sails Study.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
SF Soma.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
March Horse.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Screen 3.30.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Something about the Sea.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Study 2.26.16.
Paintings by Daniel Ochoa from Sonoma County, California.
Union Square.
For more of Daniel Ochoa Check this link of his Instagram account:- https://www.instagram.com/ochoasub/ or his website https://www.danielochoa.com/

All Images are copyright by: Daniel Ochoa

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