About | arielmesseca

Biography

Messeca at RAW ARTISTS DC: MAGNIFY show at the Howard

Theater in DC

Ariel Messeca has been in love with the arts since elementary school when he would find a corner of the playground and draw during recess to subsequent crowds. Though his subject matter has expanded (but not excluded) beyond 'Wizard of Oz' doodles, he still adds whimsy to every illustration and painting he does.

Inspiration derives from artists such as Chuck Close, Aubrey Beardsley and some of his favorite contemporaries, Elizabeth Peyton and Hernan Bas. After graduating from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania with a double major in Studio Art and Theater, Messeca settled in Frederick, Maryland.

When not showcasing his art around the D.C. area, he performs on stage regularly with his husband, and spends time with their two cats.

Messeca at the opening of the

Chevy Chase Design Center

where his work was featured in

a solo show

Testimonials and Reviews

"The moment I saw the first piece I bought, I knew it had to be mine. It spoke to me immediately. Now I am the proud owner of two of your magnificent works and I cherish them. The best part is that I have come to know you as a person and an artist and they have even more meaning to me. Thank you!"

-Michael- Collector

"With so much expression, color and charm is it any wonder why the series of ladies wins a place in your heart. Each lady's personality is right in front of you with playfulness and an invitation to look again. I adore them".

-Nancy Spitzer- Collector/Artist

"(Messeca) inculate(s) realism with cubism, inter-acting with the decorative fractured marvel of a sensual Klimt or Picasso....

all within (his) own intuitive signiture brio of brushwork.

It's mesmorazing (his) ability to imbue a head (or even bisect it) with free form shapes and color values, all capturing attitude and inner drama in (the) subjects expressive silence, within which he is ever orating his sensate mystery."

-Judy Horowitz- Celebrated Portraitist