Daniel Barojas (a.k.a. R5, Rope5) Born in Mexico City and now living in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Daniel works in various artistic mediums including painting, mixed media illustration, watercolor, graphic/product design, jewelry, photography and murals.
The creative works from the mind of Daniel Barojas seek to cultivate a visual world that is a brew of elements from traditional cultures, ancient mythologies and popular fables mixed with urban influences. Seeking a balance between the subject, and shapes, patterns or illusions, balanced by a heavy dose of color, is Daniel’s method to create a deeper relationship with both the process of creation and the outcome of artistic input.
Daniel’s mission is to spread positivity by means of creativity. Creativity is a force that can have a great impact on peoples’ lives. Through my years exploring artistic endeavors in the visual realm, I have tried to convey creative expressions that positively reach others.
The ultimate goal is finding avenues for using art, design, creativity, and visual elements that promote a steady and expansive growth both personal, professional, and spiritual.
Manifesting creativity using subject matters and artistic styles that garner a second look or an introspective moment of depth, movement, and reflection for the viewer.
Artworks are created with a complex approach of drawing a pattern or visual illusion, onto which the subject matter is drawn. The subject is painted, and the pattern or visual illusion is applied in tones or overlays so the pattern remains and maintains its optical illusion or effect. Complex color combinations and impactful color-play are achieved through mixing and matching of tones and values of the multiple colors used in the murals by Daniel.
The use of patterns, visual illusions, and op-art style illusions give the artworks motion and depth, and the use of colors give the artworks an extremely vivid subject to explore. The intention behind this approach to paintings is to create artworks that give the viewer a sense of wonderment, playing with the visual planes of sight, bringing both the subject matter and the pattern or illusion on a constant harmonious play with each other.
Color is such an integral part for most everyone’s life, this mural will focus on delivering that visual experience for the public to enjoy and learn from the colors, subject, and artistic intent.
Traditionally painting is a somewhat straightforward approach where a subject or abstraction is painted in the artist's style on a chosen surface and then displayed for the viewer to examine or interpret what is in front of them.
The current artworks by Daniel "R5" Barojas seek to challenge that traditional approach by incorporating elements into the artworks that may cause the viewer to see more than they expect. When an artwork can provide the viewer with unexpected interpretations or trick the visual planes and visual understanding of the viewer, perhaps it can add another dimension in which to admire the artwork.
