Monica Perez Vega

Contemporary Artist | My Life in Trees

Tag: contemporary art

The In-Between: A practice in flux

During the course of this project, I’ve been playing with making my own inks and pigments from foraged material such as pine cones, needles, acorn husks and garden/studio waste. My original goal was to create large scale works on paper from these experiments. However, the reality of creating enough ink or pigment to go large

Bark Paintings II

More bark paintings- this time made from the pulpy by-product of the oak gall ink-making process. All painted with natural pigment, including oak gall ink. And this lil guy is made from the pulpy oak gall ink-making byproduct mixed with clay, spread onto the back of a repurposed painting, then painted with natural pigment including

Pine Cone Ink

After a sloppy and amateur start last week… I feel I redeemed myself slightly with my Sequoia pine cone ink this week. I just boiled them with soda crystals. I roughly tried to follow measurements I found online and record my process. I think I was getting a little confused between making ink or pigment

Dispatches from the Sloppy Chemist

Ok… I wasn’t sure I would publish this post because it’s actually so embarrassing- my absolute ignorance in the field of pigment-making. I know there’s a lot of people who have been doing this for a long time, that I feel silly even trying. It’s part of what deterred me for so long- thinking what’s

Epping Forest

After visiting my baby Giant Sequoia in Epping Upland, I headed off to explore Epping Forest for the first time. I didn’t feel like this was the official launch of my project, rather just a little delve into my local surroundings. Therefore, I didn’t use the ATI to seek out a specific tree, but I

Giant Sequoia in Epping Upland

Last Saturday, while planning my first visit to Epping Forest, I had a little look at the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory, (ATI) and stumbled onto a Giant Sequoia living not far from me and with public access. I decided this was the perfect detour and informal launch to my project. I was actually a

Distant Heres

Distant Heres – The Stone Space We are a group of six artists who are currently pursuing an MA/MFA in Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art. We have come together with a shared interest in the idea of place or transience of place. Within each of our practices, there are threads relating to

Material Presence

Material Presence Fitzrovia Gallery 139 Whitfield St, London W1T 5EN Part 1: 15th-20th November Finissage 19th November 12-5pm Part 2: 22nd-27th November Finissage 26th November 12-5pm Material Presence celebrates the work of painters brought together whilst participating in the Turps Correspondence Course. Curated by Lucy Cade, Sarah Jane Hender and Sarah Praill, the exhibition is

Ghost Story

Ghost Story sits in an ambiguous space. Plumes of smoke merge into the forest canopy, blurring trees with sky.  Sparks rise in the foreground- is it a cosy campfire or creeping wildfire? This painting is inspired by memories of home; as a child, sitting round the campfire with family, telling ghost stories in the redwood