revolta Art
Monique is an eco-conscious multidisciplinary visual artist in Tucson, AZ.
Category: Artist/Individual
Discipline: Visual arts
Program Affiliations: Open Studio Tours Artist
About revolta Art
Monique Laraway (she/they) is an eco-conscious multidisciplinary visual artist in Tucson, AZ. Often working on a small scale, they create Sonoran Desert and bicycle-themed artwork using reclaimed materials. Laraway draws inspiration from navigating the city and trails by bicycle; dreaming of more sustainably interconnected resources; and learning from the symbiotic relationships of small creatures in their natural habitats.
Monique
Preferred Pronouns: she/they
revoltaarttucson@gmail.com
https://revoltaart.com
Gila Woodpecker
Limited resources throughout most of my creative path has led me to being resourceful with materials by using what’s on hand, what I find and making my paints go an extra mile or more by watering them down and layering, often using the pre-existing patinas on the wood in part of my painting. Like an ongoing practice with myself, I embrace the imperfections of the found objects and let the painting highlight subtle marks, holes and chips. There’s story, song and sweetness in savoring those subtleties.
Saguaros on Wood
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Limited resources throughout most of my creative path has led me to being resourceful with materials by using what’s on hand, what I find and making my paints go an extra mile or more by watering them down and layering, often using the pre-existing patinas on the wood in part of my painting. Like an ongoing practice with myself, I embrace the imperfections of the found objects and let the painting highlight subtle marks, holes and chips. There’s story, song and sweetness in savoring those subtleties.
Saguaros on Cardboard
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As artists & consumers, we have an impact on the environment and world around us. Repurposing cardboard into wall art is one way to divert this material from contributing to landfill waste, and reduce the need of further resource extraction. It’s ease of use, transportation and accessibility make it a versatile and playful medium.
Cardboard has been a continual pal in my art-journey as as packaging material; makeshift palette or sketchpad and crafting labels; product dividers; and just all-around helpful resource. The best part is that it’s is continually abundant, especially with the world-wide web of online shopping at your fingertips.
While I don’t want to make disposable art, I also don’t feel the need to create art that will last 100s or thousands of years. I do highly enjoy creating work from discarded/salvaged materials and the thought that they will break down somewhat naturally with time as is the natural cycle of life. While climate change is upon us, I’m continually looking for ways to minimize my impact and extraction of new resources as an individual, creator and small business, while maximizing my intentions and efforts toward sustainability.
