Lope Max Diaz

The content and subject matter of my paintings emanates from autobiographical constructs. With them, I also explore formal and conceptual issues in painting and art history that are of my interest. The physicality of the materials used responds to the narrative that is being constructed; some sort of cause-effect relationship is established. The materials become active participants of the visual discourse that is unfolding in the painting. The compositions are a continuous tension between the formal and the informal, the static and the dynamic. Color carries the load of my expressive being; with it, I give tangibility to my feelings, emotions, and craves.

Lope Max Díaz is an artist from Puerto Rico, living in Raleigh, North Carolina, and where he also has his studio. He exhibits his paintings with regularity throughout the southeast region of the country, as well as in Puerto Rico. He has a BA in fine arts from the University of Puerto Rico, and an MA in art education from Hunter College, CUNY, in NYC.