We were lucky to catch up with Ramon Aguirre recently and have shared our conversation below.

Ramon, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

There are a few meaningful projects im currently working on. The first project that i currently have sitting on my easel is a piece for an album cover that’ll be used by a local metal band that goes by the name “Clarion Void”. Its a piece that was created from my imagination of a monster like figure down on its knees with an arched back as if in agony. The second meaningful project that was recently completed was actually a donation to Manitou Springs Elementary School fundraiser for something called “ The Manitou Monster Project” to encourage kindergartners to pursue art which was very fun, they give a local artist a kids painting of a monster and one has to create an interpretation of that piece. The third meaningful project that im still gathering ideas for is for a solo exhibit i will have at Kreuser Gallery in 2025 around July.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Im a self taught painter/artist I’ve been painting for over 16 years im always working on something and enjoy painting not just dark or creepy images but also doing portraits and figure paintings as well as murals. I try to create an aesthetically pleasing piece by either finding a perfect frame for a piece or making one out of scratch, im currently teaching myself how to make dovetail cuts on fine wood for frames that’ll be used on my solo show. My work is known around town for freaking out kids as well as some adults which in my opinion that is a successful piece! haha! One thing that sets me apart as an artist is that my work is made with the attention to detail as if it was a fine jewel made for me to keep. Im not satisfied to simply slap paint on canvas to make a buck. I want a buyer to have a one-off piece that will stand out.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

One thing that illustrates the resilience im my art endeavors is that i haven’t given up at this point after how busy life has become for me in the past year. It began by erroneously leaving Colorado after living here for seven years in the hopes of taking over a relative’s business and potentially having more time for art, soon after the move not only did i discover that his intention was not what i had imagined in terms of pay but i realized that me and the family belong in Colorado, specifically Manitou Springs. I had sold my house when we left and when we decided to come back we found a dilapidated American Bungalow house that took three months of work before bringing in the family and i just finished getting it to a point where we wont freeze to death. If you’ve seen the movie Fight Club , the house that Tyler Durden breaks into after blowing up his condo, that is exactly what my house looked like without exaggerating. To give you just one example , the basement has a toilet in it that overflowed at one point and was never cleaned, half of the basement was covered in dried up excrement that required me to put on a Tyvek suit and a respirator then shovel it all into garbage bags. After bleaching the floor three times the basement is now set up as my studio.Maybe Ill mention the mice spiders and asbestos some other time. But the fact that im still making time to paint has made me realize that i need to express myself as a painter as much as i need breathing to live.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

There is lots of controversy going on about NFT’s and to me it is so simple unless im just getting old and don’t get it. What is better, making love to a real human being or masturbate to a digital image? or playing a skateboarding video game as to going outside and using your physical body to do it? Its the same with a piece of art for the buyer and more so for the maker. There is something amazing almost magical when it comes to the processes of creating. A physical piece that requires all of your senses to form shape and manipulate, that cant be replaced and its hard to think it ever could.

Contact Info:

• Facebook: Nomar Thethird
• Instagram: @ramon_paints_at_night
• Other: Mastodon @[email protected] Pinterest @ramoshka6 [email protected]

Image Credits
images are all mine