Today, we’d like to introduce you to Arnoldo Diaz.
Hi Arnoldo, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
However short life may be for some and longer for others, in the end, it is only a fraction of a second in this vast universe.
So when we discovered that it really is like that, we changed the paradigm we had of our traditional life. I am here at 73 years old and I continue to learn every day and confirm that despite everything, life is beautiful and everything, moment, and space has a purpose beyond what we normally give it.
In my case I have been very lucky because I have done many crazy things, so to speak, that have allowed me to live intensely for many moments, I have allowed myself to do what I really wanted in many aspects of life, I have family, friends, successes, and mistakes, but above all, I am grateful to life and to God for giving me all those experiences that have forged my character which gives color to my thoughts every day I wake up.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Although I don’t usually compare myself, I know that there are people, and societies that have gone through and are going through truly tragic situations. If I compare them with mine, what has happened to me is a caress of the wind on my face. I’ve had difficult moments, who hasn’t?
I have been in life-and-death situations on different occasions. Professional moments regarding my performance as an artist, and conflicting existential feelings have been my responsibility for not focusing on what is true. But in the end, everything is an anecdote of the path that one travels and when you do it with a positive attitude the circumstances change color and you can add yours.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I consider myself my own atelier. I have painted and continue to do so almost every day of my existence. I have made some small sculptures, I have intervened in many objects, I have made murals, I have held more than forty individual exhibitions nationally and internationally, and I have participated in countless group exhibitions and art salons.
I have lived off my art all my life and I continue to do so, I have been successful as an artist, and I have achieved recognition and awards for my work, inside and outside my country. My works are appreciated by the majority of people who see them, purchase them, and enjoy them. I fight, laugh, and enjoy what I do every day, I have fun creating any painting and I thank life for it.
When I think about all this, I wonder: what is all this thinking really about? What am I chasing? If I am pursuing something other than giving color to some weight on the canvas, paper, glass, or wood. And I come to the personal conclusion of accepting where I am, how I am, and how I am going to continue enjoying this miracle of being yourself doing and sharing what you like.
The true achievement is waking up happy every morning, being grateful for that day, and enjoying what you are and have, without attachments, turning the page and starting to write on the next blank page. You cannot stay with any formula no matter how successful it may be, there will always be a new challenge, change, or paradigm to face, and there will always be something new, and different to explore.
Life goes on and the true purpose is to know how to live it.
Networking and finding a mentor can have a positive impact on one’s life and career. Any advice?
My entire path in the art world has been on my own, I am self-taught and always attentive to new purposes and ways. There are some words that I remember and practice for everything in my life, that the Venezuelan kinetic artist Jesus Soto told me many years ago that were very accurate at the right time and place.
It happened this way: The artist Jesus Soto had an exhibition of his works at CANTV, which was the Venezuelan telephone company. In front of the building, there was an outdoor painting event on the occasion of February 12, which is a national day. and Youth Day is celebrated throughout the country.
The event was in the city of Victoria where that battle took place during the days of Venezuela’s independence. I was there painting a battle related to this whole matter, imagining what it would have been like, and the Artist Jesus Soto walked among the painters watching what those of us there were doing.
I realized that sometimes he commented something to the young people. When he approached me He stayed for a moment watching and told me: “Son, have a lot of courage.” He didn’t give any criticism or opinion about what I was developing, he just said that and continued walking. That phrase has accompanied me in my life since then because to live it takes a lot of courage.
Pricing:
- From $200 to $7,000
Contact Info:
- Website: www.artediaz.com
- Instagram: @artnoldodiaz
- Facebook: @Arnoldo Diaz
- Twitter: @artnoldodiaz
