Contemporary Mixed Media10434 Greta Ave. Buena Park, CA 90620Phone: (714) 394-6236E-mail: sigmund@sigmundqaberin.com Artist Statement: My paintings allow figurative exploration
through Mixed Media. They are an attempt to
capture a snapshot of a trivial moment. To
immortalize what initially seems insignificant.
Creating visual tangibility through the textures I
generate, Making them accessible for all who
want to see.
We all take the risk of having our emotions out
in the open for judgement. Understanding how
vulnerable we are. As artists, we are much more
prone to such scrutiny. Yet shedding that
vulnerability will leave us clothed and comforted.
We are no less prone to that type of thinking but,
still afraid regardless of what other people say.
Through the juxtaposition of styles I have been
experimenting with and the results that I have
achieved, I find that sometimes the truth that we
hold as artists can be bent and even broken. Artist Resume: Born in the Philippines in 1971, Sigmund Q. Aberin
started his artistic journey at early age. Drawing on
the back of his school notebook and then later
making handmade cards for his friends. It was a great
outlet for his creative side which later was reignited
upon the request of a close friend, blossoming to
a full blown passion for painting.
He learned to paint with an airbrush in a month, starting on shirts, and banners
then later on other surfaces like helmets, glass, and once a hydroplane. With
no formal art education, Sigmund honed his skills through experimentation; not
afraid to push the limits of his technical abilities and media, Eventually getting
comfortable with acrylics and acrylic mediums. Currently working with Urethane
toners on Aluminum. He feels strongly that the right media has to be used on
a surface to achieve an effect that people mistake his renditions for
photo collages. Sigmund also finds himself painting on suede matboard, an
unusual acid-free surface which he finds it perfect for his dark yet subtle
renditions of flamenco and ballet dancers.
Taking creative control is his trademark starting from the photographs he
shoots, later translating the image on his painting surface. At close inspection
one can notice the dominance of black and white, attention to detail and
color greatly influenced by Patrick Nagel, Adolph William Bougureau, Gustav
Klimt, Maxfield Parrish, and more recently such contemporary artists like
Lee Bontecou, romanticized subject matter of the Pre-Rphaelites to the
curvilinear style of Art Nouveau. Communicating through mixed media
gives the piece a sense of being, and the technical aspects of his
paintings reveals itself in the finished work. Links:
