We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jamie Chihuan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jamie below.

Jamie, appreciate you joining us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

The way I learned to be persistent in my art and really anything in life was to find dedication in what I do. In simple terms love what you do and it will be easy to do it every day. Practice makes perfect and if you are not creating every day you are doing a disservice and hindering your craft from reaching its full potential. I gained my art style from learning from the masters before me like Dali and Picasso. They made art every day and had philosophies that revolved around their work making it more than just a painting. I loved this so I started doing it in my own work.

The biggest obstacle I had to overcome was my ego in thinking I could become a great painter overnight but now I have realized that only time can change that.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

I am a 21-year-old artist/creative from Colorado. I was born in Longmont to a Peruvian father and a Mexican mother. Creativity was always one of my talents growing up but I never really applied it to the arts until I graduated high school and began my career as an artist. I got into creating art through my love for photography and film. These were the first mediums I explored and eventually, my passion for digital art made me pursue drawing and then finally painting. In the first year, I created over 100 pieces of art and planned to show museums and galleries throughout Denver. But only being 19 and with a small body of novice work, I was not taken seriously. Until I arrived at the Museo de Las Americas and had a meeting with their director Claudia Moran. She gave me the opportunity to sell art during First Friday. This is where I would sell a majority of my art from originals to prints. I eventually looked for more places as the years have gone by and have sold art across the world to people in Australia to France. I still have a long way to go but one thing I can say that I am proud of would be having a solo show at the Firehouse Art Center in Longmont. I have displayed at shows beforehand but having all of my work in one place was amazing to see and feel.
As of right now, A Deal in Hell which is my creative company had been focused on projects that are outside of selling art. Recently I created a Documentary film about Latino artist in Denver and I would love to continue to create these short films.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

I think the most rewarding part of being creative would be the feeling of creating something new in the world. I just think the feeling of creating something that has meaning to you makes being creative human.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

I often find that non-creative people don’t see the work and labor that goes into some of these paintings. Creatives and artists are often seen as less in society. We are looked at as people who want the “easy” way out. When in reality being creative I just as hard. Art costs a lot of money. It takes a lot of of time and often we don’t even see a lot of work sell. We create because we love to create just like someone might kick a soccer ball or play a round of golf.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.adealinhell.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/utxy/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiechihuan/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC43UMxCowRnkttBKzvpMDVw/videos

Image Credits
All images are owned by Jamie Chihuan A Deal in Hell limited.