Her pieces all seem to encompass the body in some way; they have a fleshy feeling and tone to them and her color palette is as close to muted naturally occurring colors in nature as one could get.
I was taken aback the more work I saw from her. Each piece on its own is intriguing but when you see her whole body of work together there is something to be said about the continuity and intended resemblance amongst each and every piece. They all fit and they all tell a cohesive story.
One can easily guess where her influence lies and what surrounds she might have grown up around that are now informing her art.
Soto was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about her practice, her process and upcoming future plans!
How long have you been an artist?
Making has always been an integral part of my life. Growing up I was constantly drawing or painting or sculpting. It hasn’t always looked the way it does now, as it wasn’t until about six years ago that what has become my current process began to solidify.
Where do you live? Where do you work? Does your environment impact your work at all?
I live and work in Los Angeles and grew up in San Diego. When my practice became process-based during my undergraduate work I began to notice recurring palettes and textures and forms that were reminiscent of the coastal terrain surrounding me.
Do you have any formal training?
I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in studio arts from Biola University in 2013.
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Guardians of the Temple – Simon Dinnerstein reflects on The Fulbright Triptych 50 years later.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University exhibits Simon Dinnerstein's The Fulbright Triptych haunts the visual lexicon of 20th century American representational art. Fifty years have passed since Dinnerstein completed the painting in 1974.
A City Perspective
Leslie Gaduzo has always been interIested in art. Since childhood, he has been drawing constantly, from single point perspective drawings at age 10 to complex architectural drawings.
Living Legacy
The Butler Institue hosts Allied Artists of America's 110th Annual Juried Exhibition.
Elegant yet Approachable
The second edition of the RTIA Show presents even more art to explore and expanded special programming.
Figuratively Speaking
New York has always been an epicenter of artists on the edge of excellence, pushing the envelope and finding their voices.
JAMES AYERS: The Importance of Play
Like many artists, James Ayers' work took a turn during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seeing the enjoyment his kids took from playing with paint in his studio and exploring their creativity inspired him.
GINA MINICHINO: Playing with Food
Gina Minichino started her journey in visual arts because of Charles Schulz. \"He was my earliest influence for drawing and the reason I wanted to be a cartoonist,\" she says.
Island Light
The Cuttyhunk Island Artists' Residency is held in a sprawling, 100-year-old house on an island off the southern coast of Massachusetts.
Solitary Forms
Hogan Brown has been working with Arcadia Contemporary for two and half years and is excited to be featured in his first solo show at the gallery. He doesn't take for granted the many talented figurative painters Arcadia represents and is thrilled to be among them.
Living the Dream
Counterintuitively, David Gluck was a painter before taking up tattooing little more than a decade ago. While skin is a completely different substrate and ink a far cry from oil paint, the skills must be transferrable to some degree because there is a wait-time of nine months to get an appointment with him.
