Oh, GET READY, we’ve got quite a day of walking, eating, and drinking! First, We start out with Embarcadero, grab some empanadas at El Porteño, some Blue Bottle coffee, and enjoy it outside with a lovely view of the bay! Next up, walk down towards Market Street, and hit up The Cavalier, a hidden gem of a restaurant with incredible English breakfast and boozy brunch drinks! Afterwards, we’ll make a stop over at Yerba Buena gardens to enjoy the scenery! Next up, we head up north towards Rye Bar, one of my favorite bars in the city for more day drinking, or we could drop by Dolores park for some sun. If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to? These two things have given me strength and understanding in the most difficult moments. Compassionate because not just of others but of yourself too. Resilient because there will be many obstacles in your path. The main thing I’ve learned though, is that it’s important to be resilient and compassionate. I never thought that someone from my little island would be able to do so much, and the fun part is it really feels like it’s just the beginning! In my years as a professional artist I’ve been able to work on all kinds of projects I could have never imagined Black Panther, Rogue One, Thor: Ragnarok, and most notably, I fully designed Doctor Strange! I’ve been to movie premieres, worked directly with directors, and my work has influenced some of the most popular media around! And because of the work that I do, I’m able to travel around the world teaching young artists the joy of picture making. Sustaining myself with art was always my guiding goal, and I’ve been blessed to not only be a visible woman in a male dominated space, but a Latina as well. But art was always how I communicated best! So from a very young age, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a very quiet and solitary child who found joy in drawing! My mother told me not too long ago that when I was in 3rd grade a teacher was very worried for me because I would go draw under a tree while other kids would be playing. I come from the tiny island of Puerto Rico. It changed my whole perspective and gave me the confidence I needed to learn how to fail, and eventually how to succeed.Ĭan you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work. It also put things in perspective, and taught me to approach artistic endeavors as visual puzzles to be solved by either knowledge or practice. What I didn’t realize was that by detaching myself from the results, I would come to fall further in love with the process. But later on I realized that failure is an important part of success, and I needed to detach myself from this punishing mentality in order to have a sustainable career. This became so debilitating, I actually quit art for a little bit. I would see failure as though I was lacking in intelligence, or in skill, rather than it being an issue of knowledge and practice. When I was younger, I took my failures in my work very personally. Whether a painting is successful or a failure, it is not a reflection of my value or self worth as a human being. One of the things that has allowed me to succeed in my own artistic career has been to detach myself from the results of my individual paintings. Hi Karla, putting aside the decision to work for yourself, what other decisions were critical to your success? We had the good fortune of connecting with Karla Ortiz and we’ve shared our conversation below.
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