Conceived while traveling through farmlands in Oregon, this work reflects Darren Cortez’s contemplation of his grandparents’ migration from Philippine farms to California. The imagery connects human migration to the instinctual survival patterns of birds, evoking both physical and metaphorical journeys. Cortez is fascinated by the ways psychological undercurrents of human behavior surface in daily life. The title references the phrase as the crow flies—the most direct path between two points.
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About the artist:
For Darren Cortez, making his paintings is a form of meditation. Cortez attains a contemplative tone through soft brushwork that slowly builds layer by layer, gradually shifting from dark to light and light to dark in a repetitive cycle until the form appears. The emerging symbols are conduits for intrapersonal themes experienced in daily life and the artist’s identity as a first-generation Filipino American.
Darren Cortez was born in 1994 in San Francisco, CA, and lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Cortez has shown his work in group exhibitions at NOON Projects in Los Angeles, CA, and House of Gul in Portland, OR.
His work has been featured in the No. 175 Pacific Coast Issue of New American Paintings.
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