About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <A HREF="http://dnads.directnic.com/oasisc.php?s=3&w=468&h=60"> <IMG SRC="http://dnads.directnic.com/oasisi.php?s=3&w=468&h=60" WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 BORDER=0></A> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |   <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>__________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>About the Artist</B></div> <div> <A HREF="monicaaraoz.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monica Araoz"><U><B>Monica Araoz</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Residence:  Austin, Texas, USA</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="20" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="418" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#BBBBBB > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 546 WIDTH="360"><div> <B>Monica Araoz</B></div> <bR> <div> In order to define my art, I would need to create a name that would fit between Abstract _Expressionism and Minimalism. Although both of these currents are extremes, they also have similarities. Why can’t my art be in the middle of these?</div> <bR> <div> For me, painting is a very internal and personal experience. I love painting because of the way I feel while I am painting; the process of creation is what captives me and certainly puts me in trance. I make no pretensions of showing my emotions and feelings through my art, but I do not stop these from emerging either. </div> <bR> <div> To create my art, I try to emphasize the greatness of simplicity through a game of confronting fortuitous events with controlled and planned interventions. Both color and texture play a crucial role in doing this.</div> <bR> <div> In my paintings, I use a mixture of sand, clay dust and acrylic mediums that, after applied, creates randomly heavy textures and finishes. I like to contrast this apparent randomness with a shape that evokes exactly the opposite – a planned, precise shape like a square or a rectangle. Then I confront this textured space with smooth surroundings. Looking again for contrast, I like to add an element on the top of this that links all of this together. This can be executed one of three ways: randomly created, planned, or a combination of both of these. Like a free will line dropped from the tube, a line created with texture, or a carved or painted stroke controlled by the artist's hand.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Please visit my website: </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.maraozgallery.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.maraozgallery.com"><U><B>http://www.maraozgallery.com</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="http://search.directnic.com/?aff=9"><img src="http://banners.directnic.com/search/dnsearchad011.gif" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt="directNIC Search"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <CENTER> <font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hosted by <a href="http://www.directnic.com/" target="_top" style="color: red">directNIC.com</a></font> <br><br>  <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; document.cookie='__support_check=1'; if (location.host) { var domain_name = '&d=' + location.host; } else { var domain_name = '&d=unknown'; } if (document.referrer) { var referrer_website = '&r=' + document.referrer; } else { var referrer_website = '&r=unknown'; } if (navigator.appName) { var browser_name = '&b=' + escape(navigator.appName); } else { var browser_name = '&b=unknown'; } if (navigator.userAgent) { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=' + escape(navigator.userAgent); } else { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=unknown'; } if (navigator.appVersion) { var app_version = '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion); } else { var app_version = '&aV=unknown'; } if (navigator.javaEnabled()) { var java_enabled = '&jE=' + navigator.javaEnabled(); } else { var java_enabled = '&jE=unknown'; } if (screen.width) { var screen_width = '&sw=' + screen.width; } else { var screen_width = '&sw=unknown'; } if (screen.height) { var screen_height = '&sh=' + screen.height; } else { var screen_height = '&sh=unknown'; } if (screen.colorDepth) { var color_depth = '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth; } else { var color_depth = '&cd=unknown'; } data = 'a=track' + domain_name + referrer_website + browser_name + full_browser_info + app_version; data = data + java_enabled + screen_width + screen_height + color_depth; document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?' + data + '">'); </script> <noscript> <img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?a=noscript"> </noscript>  </CENTER></body>