SIMONE CHAGOYA
Simone Chagoya is a painter and artist living in Chicago.
ALTERED BELIEFS, 2010
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in.
REGARDING MY WAYWARD WAYS, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in.
PLASTIC CHANDELIER, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 in.
TRANSCENDENCE INTO WHITE, 2010
Oil on canvas
24 x 28 in.
HONOLULU, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 in.
THE ATTIC WHERE WE PLAYED CHEFS ON TV, 2009
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
THE GARAGE WITH ALL OUR SHOES, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
MY FARTHEST OF TRAVELS, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 28 in.
GIRL SOCK, WORN BY A BOY, 2011
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 in.
TINY TIGHTS, 2011
Oil on canvas
18 x 32 in.
LITTLE KID GLOVES, 2011
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 in.
FAVORITE COLOR AT AGE NINE, 2011
Oil on canvas
16 x 18 in.
PLAYING ARMY GUYS IN THE WOODS, CAMO HAT, 2011
Oil on canvas
14 x 16 in.
BIG BOY BRIEFS, 2011
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
Memory is the main influence throughout my work.
I combine my memories of places, times or objects into the piece.
This distorts the real physical depiction into an altered image.
The altered image then includes, excludes or manipulates what the real place or objects actually were or are.
It is a greater representation of both the real and my memory.
Many of my paintings can be related back to childhood or to the places I have been.
Memory is not always accurate; it can even change over time.
As I have grown older I want more and more to remember these things and to still have some grasp on them.
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