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Interview with Dolores Valenza
by Rocío
Heredia
Please tell us about yourself and how you began to
recognize your talents.
Don't remember when I wasn't doing some kind of artwork. I
recall; I was maybe 6 or 7, wanted to go into the business
of making masks for the cold of winter from paper bags. Felt
I'd cut eye and nose holes out. Alas, my mother said she needed
the bags for garbage. My sister was doing drawing assignments
for art class. I wanted to draw like her. I knew what I wanted
to do in life even then. Parents, teachers, friends encouraged
me on.
What were some of the main influences for you early
in your career?
The Brooklyn Museum, Sunday outings there with friends, an
asset to a budding artist longing to be able to paint and
draw like the artists whose works were exhibited there. School
trips to other Museums were also my pet day trips.
Illustrations in our schoolbooks were so beautifully drawn
and painted. I remember the disappointment felt when the art
style began to change in our books. Stick figures weren't
my cup of tea.
Which movements have you been influenced by?
Firstly, realism then Impressionism then every movement. Though
must say some movements have to grow on you.
Would you define your style? How have you developed
your very unique style to the status where it is at now?
Don't know if I have a style since I enjoy doing anything
that comes to mind. Perhaps if you are truly interested and
want to do something, you learn all you can, experiment, make
mistakes, and learn from them. It helps to have a mother who
thinks every mark you make on a paper is a Rembrandt and must
be saved, even if it is a garbage bag, although necessity
might let the bag go to its destined use.
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