"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun"
Los Angeles is home to many players in the art world. One prodigious talent from the City of Angels is painter, Isaac Pelayo. The 24-year-old artist has found a unique style that harks back to the renaissance period while producing decidedly 21st-century imagery.
Isaac Pelayo was destined to be an artist. The signs were there even during his youngest days. When other kids were playing football and pretending to be the next great NFL star, Pelayo was constantly drawing and dreaming about 15th century Florence. “I remember exactly how I felt the first time I came face-to-face with a master painting,” Pelayo recalls. “I was stunned and left with a burning obsession.” That obsession was turned into a thriving career.
Bouncing from house to house, Isaac grew up in all around Southern California. His mother raised him, and He frequently visited his father in Los Angeles. As a kid, he was confused and solitary. His suburban and low-income households widened Isaac's vision on life.
He had to switch schools almost every year, which allowed him to adapt to new environments and the people who came with it, so he sharpened his adaptability skill. Isaac grew up among a few friends and family, so he quickly became comprehensive to conversations held by adults and those older than him, which has contributed to his early appreciation and understanding of entrepreneurial endeavors.
His father, Antonio Pelayo exposed him to art at a very early age. He even considered the ‘Art Gallery’ as his second home. As a child he never craved to go to amusement parks or sports events, He just wanted to visit museums and art galleries.
“There is something about a wall accompanied by a masterpiece that transcended us back into time and into our own imagination.” – Isaac quoted.