Meet Carlos Pineda-palma

We recently connected with Carlos Pineda-palma and have shared our conversation below.

Carlos, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.

I surround myself with art, entertainment and people I believe in. There is only so much time in a day for you to achieve your goals, you cannot afford to spend too much of it on things which upset you no matter how engaging they are. However, you can’t rely on escapist fiction or procrastinate away from the bleakness of life but you can certainly take charge to not be a product of your environment but rather make your environment become a product of you. As corny as it sounds make your own reality.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I’m primarily an oil painter working within the fine arts industry in New York city and also a comics author, writing and drawing my first book scheduled to be coming out next year.

Originally from Peru, i came into contact with western painting when I first visited New York. Its depictions of sex , excess and violence deeply resonated with me due to my upbringing in Lima during times of dictatorship, where uncensored animation and violent riots where being openly broadcasted on national tv.

I arrived to NYC close to a decade ago to study both sequential art and become classically trained in painting and drawing. Learning how to paint was the hardest thing I’ve done as I was struggling with a lack of mental fortitude in embracing the failure that comes with picking up a new skill. But it was worth it.

Studying all these different skills at the same time has been incredibly time consuming and challenging but I can’t imagine my life going any other way and wouldn’t change a thing. It’s very exciting having my first book slowly become a reality and have a whole new collection of paintings ready at the same time. Lately I’ve begun animating as well and now all the skills I’ve gathered for the past decade have begun converging into something I haven’t seen before and I’m very excited to reveal it to the world.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

On a more human level, I think those would be stubbornness, interpersonal skills and persuasiveness. You need to be stubborn to be an artist, you’ll be turned down or ignored repeatedly but the moment people see an opportunity for upwards mobility everything changes. You also need the interpersonal skills to socialize and network transparently, learn how to do business on a personal level and give yourself the license to convince potential collaborators your work has value. It also doesn’t matter how many times you fail at painting or drawing, you need to look back objectively at your mistakes and keep going. You’ll fail again, but make sure you fail better next time.

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?

My father. Taught me everything i know about business and how the measure of a man lies not in what he says but rather on what he does. He believes in me and my dream and has supported me in achieving it without fail my entire life. Everything I’ve achieved is thanks to him. Te quiero Papá.

Contact Info:

• Website: Www. Winternitz.studio
• Instagram: @Winternitz_