Today we’d like to introduce you to Francisco Sanchez.
Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
Growing up, I was always that kid that would draw or sketch something for someone, like: “oh you could ask Francisco to draw that for you”. During high school, I was very interested in excelling in all my classes, especially my Art class. It was time to create, and time to access my memories and channel whatever I was feeling into canvas or paper, and not worry about being criticized for it or be corrected on it. My art teacher saw the potential in my creativity and decided to enter me in an art competition: “An Artistic Discovery” back in May of 2008. I received from the United States Congress a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Eddie Bernice Johnson in the Congressional Art Competition For High School Students and an “A” from my teacher. After graduating high school, I was an emotional roller coaster, struggling with coming out as gay to my family and friends wasn’t easy. I went on a hiatus until I met my now husband, showed him the art that earned me that recognition and he mentioned that I should do more, that I was a hidden talent, thanks to him I decided to push myself and paint again. Him and my family are the biggest pillars of inspiration for me. Five featured art shows and a solo art exhibition later thanks to the WrightArtTwins, here I am, pursuing to be what’s my biggest ambition in life, to be the next Salvador Dalí, and I will not stop creating and being persistent and creating original content for this world from the deepest caves of my eccentric brain until I can achieve that.
Please tell us about your art.
I like to visually create what we are afraid of feeling, heartbreaks? Sure. The parallel reality of a nuclear destruction caused by an Android? Got it. A broken halo due to my imperfections and personal lifestyle? Why not, these are all sensitive and exaggerated topics, but art should never be correct, I’ve even painted Trump wearing a burqa, and no one stopped me from doing that. What inspires me to create these images is that in the realm of art, everything is limitless and possible. Painting is my playground. My message is: “Don’t sugar-coat it, it’s happened, and it hurts, but we are HUE-MAN” I want people to take in the shock of the different ways colors are used, and to remember that the theme in my paintings will always remind the viewers that “we are not all that different”.
Given everything that is going on in the world today, do you think the role of artists has changed? How do local, national or international events and issues affect your art?
I think the role of an artist can change if the artist allows him or herself to change, I certainly do get emotionally affected with scenarios like our current administration or the unfortunate gun violence in this country, those events plant different points of view in my life, gives me a chameleon-like mind where I can adapt to what’s going on in the world, and I can show people what my mind is thinking. I don’t allow myself to pit-stop in a cryogenic state of creation, I’m always awake.
How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
My website can be found under this link:
I also have a very active Instagram account:
@huemanarts
And my Facebook page as well:
https://facebook.com/huemanarts
I keep my followers posted on art shows and commission works.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.hue-man-arts.com
- Email: huemanarts@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huemanarts/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/huemanarts
Image Credit:
Images painted and photographed by Francisco Sanchez.
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