About
artist statement
My name is Adrianna Pepe and I practice painting and photography as well as other types of art. I have grown up in the art field and thought that there was no other way for me to express my inspirations of both nature and culture around me. I prefer to create things I have seen in nature but I do not try to limit myself only in photography and painting but expand into other types of art.
When thinking about art, I think of beauty that is within oneself: one’s soul, one’s mind, and one’s five senses, along with the beauty that surrounds us every day. The objects around us may be simple, and live momentarily in life, but live forever in art. Art offers a new breath of life for me even as I am faced with the challenge of color blindness. I sometimes think to myself that I could never be an artist who could paint. But as I practice and learn the different styles and techniques of painting itself, I become more aware of what life as an artist could provide me. There are deficits that exist which can never be erased and I do not shy away from trying to face the challenges. Learning how to accept this kind of challenge and turning it into something I can understand, such as reinterpreting the colors of an object in a painting. This helps me progress in my art. I do not call myself a painter although at this time I am moving ahead using new bases and colors.