Meet Charli Miranda

Today we’d like to introduce you to Charli Miranda.

Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
Well, I am actually not sure if my story is unique per se. Ive been “creative” my whole life and I am actually an art major drop out, not necessarily because I wanted to, but I just couldn’t afford it after a year of being there. I came here to Texas about five years ago from Miami, and I have to say I am now starting to love it more than ever. I moved from Fort Worth to Dallas about two years ago, and I think I have finally found a good home for me, especially as an artist. While Fort Worth really does a great job at catering to local artists, there is something about Dallas that gives creativity a wider range for freedom.

Please tell us about your art.
I specialize in digital art. I take my iPad everywhere I go and crank out about 7-10 pieces daily. I also paint and am starting to get into clay and paper mache sculpting. If you notice in my pieces, they’re mainly abstract versions of faces or bodies and a lot of one line art, and I think it’s because my inspirations typically come from sculptures and photography. I have a love for facial and body expressions, and I try to translate that in the work that I create. Strangely enough, an idea of a drawing or painting will come to me from song lyrics, and I often name them with a lyric from the song, hoping that if anyone listens to the song they can see the translation. But honestly, I’m not sure what I want people to take away from my work, I mean I hope that they inspire them in a way where they believe they can do whatever they want with their creations, for so long I was insecure about my work because they weren’t like Michelangelo or even Van Gogh, but it doesn’t have to be, there is beauty in our creations whether they’re realistic looking or not.

Do you have any advice for other artists? Any lessons you wished you learned earlier?
Create as much as you can and never limit what can inspire you. I wish I had learned the “create as much as you can” motto way sooner than I did. I had a big gap in my life when it came to creating, and it was all for the sake of survival and paying bills. So much of life’s tasks got in the way, and it really crippled me as a person, because I am creative and suppressing that put a hindrance on my growth as an artists but also as a person, and now that I have been doing this for about a year now, I can see myself developing again, and I notice the familiar parts of me that I thought were gone, and its the best feeling. So even if life is busy, just give yourself creative time, whether it’s taking it in or letting it out in your work.

How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
Right now my work is only on my Instagram, and I will have a site coming soon; however, I do have a spot at an art show coming up with RAW, and that Is on March 19th at The House of Blues. So if anyone wants to go and support that would be awesome – the link is in my bio.
However, more importantly, I do have an art collective that I am starting, it is called The Muse Collective, and it is actually going to showcase a lot of artists in the DFW area, we’re going to have pop art galleries throughout the city, and give art collectors the opportunities to form relationships with the artists – the goals for the collective are vast and were actually going to have the first pop-up gallery event in May, so if you’re interested in that, you can follow the Instagram for more updates.

Contact Info:

• Email: charli@wearethemuse.co
• Instagram: @lunawho

Image Credit:
Photography by Justin Jantz
Instagram @justin_jantz

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