So last sunday, we all took a short trip down to Palo Alto to visit the studio of Ala Ebtekar, an extremely accomplished artist. I've actually never visited someone else's studio before, so this was a new and exciting experience for me. As someone who is highly interested in a career in the arts, I thought that it was very helpful for me to learn a bit about what it is like from someone who really knows.
We got to walk around his studio and admire all of his beautiful works as he told us stories of how each of the pieces had come to be. I thought all of his stories were amazing, especially the ones that he told us concerning all of the mentors that he had learned from in the past. We also discussed his experience with graffiti and street art. I absolutely love how he ties together old, traditional ideas with fresh, modern techniques.
This is example of one of his works. He does many pieces with pages from old books, and uses them as a base for paintings.
I had a lot of at this excursion, and I can't wait for Thursday!