Artospective: Art by Carlos Barrios.

An Interview with Carlos Barrios.

Who and where are you from?

I am carlos barrios, born in El Salvador Central America, i have also spend some time in Honduras as my father family was from that country.

Moved to australia in 1990 and since then i have been very happy working in this country.

My practice include painting, drawing, ceramics and mixed media.

How you got into this?

To me art came as a young child.

The civil war in my childhood period was a terrible one

We spent many periods indoors

My father was a bit of collector of art and ancient artefacts

Also we visited many old ancient cities

For me it came I believe from some of this experiences, i also have the recollection of picking up in an old Mayan place a small stone with carvings. I would watch this stone for hours looking at the lines and seeing visions on them.

So this energy or curiosity that society calls art came in that moment and became a very strong part of my essence .

What is your driving force?

My driving force is a strong Desiree to create images or just to observe them evolving in front of my eyes. Is almost like a magical or misting experience really. To be part of an universe that we cant fully understand, less explains.

To reach certain state.

Is a very addictive activity really