Salomé Pérez

Statement.

Since I was a child I enjoyed drawing and love for the nature and colours. Now I’m very convinced that painting is a way to communicate and express our creativity, feelings and thoughts.

My work is mostly in oil painting (my favourite media) although I like working with pastels, acrylics and watercolours and also with paper mache. I’m fascinated with the versatility and brilliance of the oil painting and in my paintings are notable the bright colours and great contrast between them. I’ve done more still life and landscapes but I’d like to do portraits and work with figurative subjects in the future. Some of my painting are characteristics for the realism and others are considered surrealism.

Biography.

She was born in México. Before she became a painter, she graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 1992 and was working as IT coordinator. Four years later she got married and decided to be a full time mom but at the same time she started to draw and paint again. Her first contact with art was on grade 7. She took the plastic arts workshop for three years. She worked with different mediums including tempera, watercolour, pastel, color pencil and printing beside of sketching, drawing and sculpture courses. On high school she studied Architecture for three years and she enjoyed the use of the lines and the perspective to draw. Then she jumped to computer science at the university because she also had interest in the mathematics area and her artistic dreams were not well accepted in her family at that time.

In 2000 her family moved to Waterloo, Canada, because her husband got a job. There she has involved with the community through her daughters activities. She worked as a volunteer for two years. One year like Administration Assistant at Kids Link and the second year as a Teacher Assistant with JK/SK students. In the process she discovered the art galleries and the Waterloo Community Art Center where she retook her art career.

After she met Pilar Rey de Castro (an experienced and talent artist) who was her teacher in oil painting and became her mentor. They painted together for two years. Salomé felt admiration for her work and felt inspired to pursue her creative expression working with strong devotion and passion. Salomé is being able to do this thanks to her family unconditional support.

Salome's art reflects her Mexican culture and the influence of her pre-hispanic heritage. Her mother is a passionate woman in the traditional art of the textiles and the embroidery. She uses bright colours and unique designs. Her father a craft man who worked doing “piñatas” for many years. They transmitted to her the love and joy for her roots and the nature.