The Daydream Leilani Bustamante Graphite on Strathmore Paper

Graphite on Strathmore Paper

I am most comfortable with pen illustration

her work is heavily character driven portraiture infused with narrative

When Stellaluna and the birds are out playing

It is this melancholy interaction between man-made status symbols and suffering specimens of nature that make up her intricate body of work

The Daydream Leilani Bustamante Graphite on Strathmore PaperDetails Artist Bio Shipping Oil on Panel 18 x 18 in. 2016 Framed A Southern California native, Emilio Villalba received his BFA from theArt Institute of California in 2006, and his MFA in Painting from theAcademy of Art University in 2011. He currently lives in San Francisco where he teaches at the Art Institute of California and Cogswell College. Artist Statement: My portraits are inspired by master works, as well as the contemporary human condition.