“The beauty of our world…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Rosienid Pere
Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art?
Rosienid Pere: Since I was in High School I use to draw characters of novels. Then in my work as School Director and Superintendent of Schools I organized projects relating different courses with Art helping the Art Program in different schools to buy art materials by those proposals. When I retired from work I took art courses and start painting. My first Series of oil paintings on canvas is “Caribbean Women” and were exhibited at Limner Gallery, New York, in 2001.
PZ: What is the most challenging aspect of your work? How do you create your paintings?
RP: The challenge is at the beginning of each work: to select the theme, composition, colors and start organizing my ideas.
PZ: What is your artistic process? How do you create your paintings?
RP: First with a theme in mind I start selecting photos, publications of other paintings and different materials that will help me with my composition. Sometimes a view in my sorroundings or arranging objects. After that I do a brief sketch with the colors I will use, the selection of medium, the background colors and technique.
PZ: Do you have any particular goal in mind when you start a new painting?
RP: My goal depends on the purpose of the painting. If it is for a competition, for an specific publication, to be part of a series in process, for an exhibition, for someone in particular or for someplace at home
PZ: How do you know when a painting is finished?
RP:It is finished when I take a photo if I like the way it looks, it is finished and I sign it
PZ: Has you practice change over time?
RP: Yes, sometimes I make some changes in a painting if I think it will look better and also it is a motivation to start a new painting.
PZ: Which artists are you most influenced by?
RP: I love the paintings of Monet, the surrealist style of Dali and the paintings of Diego Rivera.
PZ: How do you define yourself as an artist?
RP: I am a professional fine art artist exhibiting at museums and galleries around the world. My watercolors and acrylics have been published in magazines, newspapers, and booksand are part of private collections.
PZ: What are you working on now?
RP: I am working in the Series “Spanish Heritage” to be published in an art book.
PZ: What is the main message of your work?
RP: My paintings of brilliant colors represents the beauty of our world, what we have, what we are, what we see and what we should maintain.