Rosie Vela

To Create a Drawing That Expresses How I Feel Whether It’s Beauty, Love, Anger, Peace, Joy+ Silly All Are Self Portraits

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You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!

Voting for the Top 15 ends Thursday the 21st of May at 7PM PDT

What is The People's Artist?

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

Drawings pen & paper Fine Lines Of A Beautiful Face w Psychedelic Hair, Filling up my drawings w various characters in a dream world of another dimension w various states of mind. I call ‘My Little Cartoons’ only it’s Find Art to me. I follow the muse where my pen leads me w no preconceived ideas just how each character feels which I then add others all w emotions of all kinds. Each character has a story: a past, present & future w dreams & human foibles happening on my imaginary planet Zazu.

Where do you find inspiration?

My Heart. I let God Guide My Hand & imagination to draw how I feel. Love Is Oxygen For Creativity. Art is Oxygen For the Soul. I’ve been an artist since I was 14 yrs old. I Like Drawing Fantasy Beautiful Women, Characters With All kinds of emotions & Agendas Surrounding a Woman. “Imagination’s My Bizness High…Zazu@. My Ex Is Artist Peter Max Who Was Such a Brilliant Artist Who Loved My Drawings & Encouraged Me To Draw Day + Night. I’m Inspired By Max, Matisse, Basquiat, Da Vinci, Gauguin, Love.

What would you do with $25,000?

Pay Rent, Food, Water, Taxes + Work On Creating More Even Better Art. I’ve Done Great Animations of My Art w Series Of Outrageous Portraits ‘Elon Musk’, ‘Bin Weasel’, ‘Abstract Doggy’, ‘Blue Space Beauties’, Gorgeous ‘Space Flowers’, ‘Cosmic Ferris Wheels’, Fabulous Characters That Come From My Drawings That Expresses So Much, Look At My Instagram Pages @rosievelaofficial @rosievelaart website: @rosievelaart.com I’ve Been Creating Art Most My Life. My Paintings Have Sold To Fine Art Collector

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