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2016 InsideOut Art Show

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Featured Artists

  • Arnulfo Vargas
  • V. Flores
  • Tom B.
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Arnulfo Vargas
“I have been painting for about three years and used to go to an art show in San Francisco for six years. Before I became a painter, I was doing colored pencil and ink as well as pop-up.  However, my main experience came from when I was a teenager: I would do murals in freeways as well as behind buildings, with spray cans – what we call graffiti art, not tagging.
 
“I give thanks to Stan Hunter and Ezequiel Gonzalez for helping me become the painter I am, as well as to my family who have been supporting me with becoming who I am now. Not the same person I was when I came in, but a new creation with new values as well as principles and thinking differently, donating paintings to different organizations as well as selling them. I have never sold any painting in prison because I have been busy painting what people out in the streets want as well as donating to different organizations.”
SHOWN HERE:
"Unicorn"
​18"x24"
​Acrylics & Oils
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SHOWN HERE:
"Lady in the Stars"
​18"x24"
​Acrylics & Oils
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V. Flores
“I have been painting for the past six months and have no prior art experience. I started painting soon after arriving because it looked interesting and something I would like to try to pass time.  Although painting was harder than I thought, I continued to learn with a lot of help.  After completing my first project, I realized how great it was to create something out of nothing.  Something I could leave to my son, family, and friends.  Something I created with my own hands. Something I could do the rest of my life.
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“Even though I am physically away from the ones I love, having my painting hanging on their wall makes me feel like I am still a part of their lives and not forgotten.”
SHOWN HERE:

"Barriers to Freedom"
18"x24"
​Acrylics & Oils
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Tom B.
“I am from San Diego, California. At the age of 67, I have found a love for painting. Quiet Spring is my second acrylic painting done here in prison.”
SHOWN HERE:

"Quiet Spring"
24"x18"
​Acrylic
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