DESTINEE PERALES

Destinée Perales Headshot & Artist Bio As an artist, there are many ways you can create art. Picking an art medium has always been my struggle. Within the last year, I have started working with charcoal. I fell in love with how it moved along the paper and blended so nicely. That is when I created my “Untitled” charcoal drawings. The first was inspired by the elegant movement of a ballet dancer. The second was inspired by my son. While creating these pieces I still felt like I was missing something. I was also doing a lot of sewing and embroidery around this time. I ended up deciding I would start incorporating my other mediums into my art. I started working by putting different needlework into my pieces. Creating my “Untitled” embroidery on canvas. This was a piece was inspired by the black and white combination, I created with my charcoal. Once I found my liking for mixing different mediums I created “You?”. This was an abstract carving form piece. As I came closer to finishing my design, I got inspiration from Absolem from Alice in wonderland. Changing my design and creating a whole different piece. My journey as an artist is nowhere near its end. I cannot wait to explore what other mediums I can combine.