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Interview with Dolores Valenza
by Rocío
Heredia
Do you think that the Internet has positive and/or
negative effects on Art?
Both. If you are going to use a material available to aid
or enhance your abilities it can be a fantastic tool.
To progress in art, change occurs. Your style, your palette
may not change, but somehow change occurs. I am now using
the computer as a tool for my work. However, the use that
some people make of the computer is of great concern to many.
As we know computers reach millions at the press of a button,
all this was not available to artists in the past. Prior to
its inception, artists exhibiting at a gallery or a museum
drew relatively few people. We all know how the computer has
opened the doors, which was shut to many artists. It seemed
that the same people were always exhibiting, alive or dead,
I guess this is financially motivated. However, now many can
show their wares, but in doing so, we must face not only an
audience of perhaps thousands, but an audience of perhaps
thousands of critics too, so we must be prepared for the barbs
thrown our way.
What advice would you give a young artist just starting
and wondering where to begin?
Study; be willing to take the time to try. Visit Museums and
galleries. Go to the library, read. Learn how materials can
be used. Don't just glance at paintings, or other works of
art. Really look. Also, experiment. Draw, and redraw. Learn
from an art supply store such as one we have in NYC, Pearl.
The clerks, who may be art students and are up on all new
materials and tools, are a font of information. They know
their products and they are willing to explain their use to
you. An Art supply store can sometimes be a real Learning
Center.
Finally, how do you feel you have blessed personally
from embracing the life of an artist?
Joyful beyond measure!
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