Helena

Visual Arts • Liberal Arts

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Casting peach pit: success! 🍑
When plaster gives you that “liquid, liquid, liquid... oops kidding, I’m all set now” 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Thanks mr.haws for the silicone mold-cutting tips! 💕
And… https://t.co/Avy7bndrOC

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

✨Thrilled to announce these four works of mine will be part of “Artistry of Astronomy”, a group show at C-Street Gallery✨
The opening is this Friday, 5pm, if you’re in the area, swing… https://t.co/ScCsMGr0ZT

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

“Why is all our art called ‘folk art’ and then all of European art is called ‘fine art’, and then ‘modern art’ is just our folk art, gentrified?” @JohnLeguizamo diciendo las cosas como son 🙌🏼 💛💛💙❤️ #latinhistoryformorons #nocomacuento #omwtotheMoMA #relatable #latinxartists

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

“Alabama newspaper editor calls on KKK to lynch Democrats” 📰
- Welcome to XXIc America. Apparently dehumanizing (or here, “de-Americanizing”) people who look or think differently from you is still a solid reason to kill them. 👍🏼 https://t.co/cyUdebsqHu

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Chipping away... ⚒
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#helenalarotalopezart #stonecarving #roughout #sculpture #practice #peachpit #chiseling #catharsis #🔥🔥🔥 @ New York Academy of Art https://t.co/thjOIfel0e

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Construction time! 🚧
Thanks to @dkbsart for photos (and delightful organ working music) 🎶 and taissiabasaria for the company! 🍃
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#helenalarotalopezart #thesis #construction… https://t.co/4WatjLy1lZ

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Studio shots!
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#helenalarotalopezart #studioshots #sculpture #painting #printmaking #drawing #music #multidisciplinary #nyaa #111franklin #figurativeart #installation #thenest #hoot… https://t.co/kGYRSLA8Ls

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Casting process of Peach Pit! 🍑
Finally overcame the fear and went for it. What an intense 4 hours! Might add a final coat of silicone to make it a tad thicker... 💗
Thanks again to… https://t.co/Kv8DxvwXvl

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Cadaver study: inner thigh (male, 60 years old).
That draping sartorius ✨
Graphite and chalk on paper, 8”x6”
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#helenalarotalopezart #anatomy #anatomicaldrawing #drexelcollegeofmedicine… https://t.co/biN9ldCXxb

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

The difference 40 minutes make...⏳
Morning painting exercise: oil on canvas, 10”x10”
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Waiting for it to dry before glazing!
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#helenalarotalopezart #oilpaint #fromlife #paintingiv #nyaa… https://t.co/QnKB3s3p02

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Today was a peachy day 🍑
Working on re-polishing this plasteline sculpture before (finally!) casting. 🙌🏼
It’s been a long year of acquiring enough knowledge and skills before casting… https://t.co/cJrGA6IKzL

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

🖊 Rehearsal speed sketch: “On a Shore of Cries” (“Lei, piangente”) by Matteo Belli matteobellicomposer, conducted by Hilo Carriel @hilocarriel 🎶
(flute, clarinet, cello, vibraphone, and… https://t.co/THoBbI32o5

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

What’s on the table...
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#sculpture #helenalarotalopezart #intermezzoop118no2 #figure #fromlife #clay #polishing #cutout #ideas #onthestudiotable @ New York Academy of Art https://t.co/AWYZDnltqZ

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

“Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64”
WIP
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Collaboration with the wonderful @melt_in2_wonder on this Mendelssohn masterpiece! 🎻 ✏️
Walnut ink on paper, pins, thread, music… https://t.co/xXvETbXmRk

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

“Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2” 🎶
Sculpture inspired by the piano piece by Johannes Brahms and its interpretation by composer and pianist matteobellicomposer — music/sculpture… https://t.co/WYs82mpCIG

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Immersive Sculpture II, might make some changes to it yet.
• papier-mâché and rope, hydrocal and clay hands, coffee, and music •
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#sculpture #helenalarotalopezart #papiermache… https://t.co/56MEifFQaT

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Blind gesture drawings of the ever-breathtaking @ndtdance tonight at the @nycitycenter
Pen on paper, details of 4”x6” pages.
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#ndt2 #solleon #paullightfoot #nycitycenter #sadcase… https://t.co/BMTfhlqQik

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Something is cooking in the back of this studio... ⏳
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#slipmolds #nyaa #academydaily #saturdayvibes #studioprocess #background #wip #mudcovered #helenalarotalopezart @ New York Academy… https://t.co/2Ywm5hmUdF

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

First day of Dissection class!!! Can’t wait to be back at the lab next week.
Featuring the lovely @dkbsart whilst squealing in delight!
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#dissection #nyaa #academydaily… https://t.co/hiyZpGsrTa

[Helena @hlarotalopez]

Amazed and inspired by the current faculty, alumni, and student sculpture exhibition at the NYAA lobby ✨🔥
• Chie Shimizu chieshimizu_ - The Story of the Snow” and “The Story of the Fire”,… https://t.co/wsUpkFDxW3