Elissa Martinez | SUNY Oswego

Elissa Martinez
Hammondsport, NY
[email protected]

BFA Fine Arts, 3D Design

Biography

Elissa Martinez is from a small town in the Finger Lakes region called Hammondsport. From a young age, she has always loved creating and working in clay and wood. Elissa stays connected to her Puerto Rican culture through her family. Representing herself or some part of her culture in her work is important to her.

While at SUNY Oswego, she has focused on several aspects of design involving 3D space and planning. Elissa's work with professors has helped her develop skills within the field of architecture. Her most recent work is in 3D, where Elissa combines her interest in architecture with her background with her culture.

Elissa plans to attend graduate school for architecture in the future.

Artist Statement

My work has been an eclectic mix ever since I started at SUNY Oswego. I love working in almost all mediums, but I have developed a love for 3D. My family and culture have been a large part of my life, and I wanted to somehow combine my interest in 3D with my culture.

As I experienced different landscapes and cities in New York and Pennsylvania, my work started to mature, and I became interested in architecture. I enjoy illustrating and drawing buildings as well as planning and modeling my own designs.

The past semester I have developed my illustration skills and 3D sensibilities in working with architectural work. Hopefully, in the next few years, I will attend graduate school for architecture and be able to explore my interest in depth.

A ceramic bust of a girl from the shoulders up. Her eyes are closed and has brown wavy hair. The girl has bare shoulders and the Puerto Rican flag painted over her face to the bottom of the bust.

Puerto Rican Pride
Ceramic
14x14x8
Fall 2020
Ceramics II
A ceramic bust of a girl from the shoulders up. Her eyes are closed and has brown wavy hair. The girl has bare shoulders and the Puerto Rican flag painted over her face to the bottom of the bust.

A painting of a man with his arms and legs splayed with a second motion of his legs and arms higher and further apart. He is in a dark circle with a bronze washed background and white and black floorplans surrounding his body.

Vitruvian Man
Charcoal & Watercolor
30x24
Summer 2020
Mixed Media Drawing
A painting of a man with his arms and legs splayed with a second motion of his legs and arms higher and further apart. He is in a dark circle with a bronze washed background and white and black floorplans surrounding his body.

A painting of a woman facing to the left. Her hair makes up most of the image with it waving in the background as a flag. Her paint is painted as the flag of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Girl
Gouache & Watercolor
30x24
Summer 2020
Mixed Media Drawing
A painting of a woman facing to the left. Her hair makes up most of the image with it waving in the background as a flag. Her paint is painted as the flag of Puerto Rico.

A digital illustration of a city scene. Two large orange-toned buildings frame the sides of the illustration with the Manhattan bridge in the background in blue and gray tones. The scene is empty with neutral colors for the sidewalk and street with the name Brooklyn sitting in the middle of the illustration in white text.

DUMBO
Digital Illustration
36x24
Fall 2019
Digital Media
A digital illustration of a city scene. Two large orange-toned buildings frame the sides of the illustration with the Manhattan bridge in the background in blue and gray tones. The scene is empty with neutral colors for the sidewalk and street with the name Brooklyn sitting in the middle of the illustration in white text.

A bust of a woman from the top of her shoulders. She is made with clay and is not painted with the exception of a bandana made of clay made to wrap around her eyes and head. She does not have hair or any distinguishing features.

Blinded
Ceramic
18x24
Fall 2019
Ceramics I
A bust of a woman from the top of her shoulders. She is made with clay and is not painted with the exception of a bandana made of clay made to wrap around her eyes and head. She does not have hair or any distinguishing features.

A painting of a trapezoidal floor plan. The drawing disappears with a texture of white and blues in the top of the floor plan and browns near the bottom. Green, gray, and black brushstrokes surround the drawing with the green on the right and black on the left.

Abstract Studio
Gouache
10x9x7
Summer 2020
Mixed Media Drawing
A painting of a trapezoidal floor plan. The drawing disappears with a texture of white and blues in the top of the floor plan and browns near the bottom. Green, gray, and black brushstrokes surround the drawing with the green on the right and black on the left.

A painting of 3 people’s portraits within a Puerto Rican flag. Starting from the left there is a woman facing to the left with brown hair. In the middle, there is black - haired woman facing forward making eye contact with the viewer, she has her neck and shoulder shown. On the right, there is a man facing to the right with brown hair.

Next Generation
Acrylic
24x36
Spring 2021
Personal Work
A painting of 3 people’s portraits within a Puerto Rican flag. Starting from the left there is a woman facing to the left with brown hair. In the middle, there is black - haired woman facing forward making eye contact with the viewer, she has her neck and shoulder shown. On the right, there is a man facing to the right with brown hair.

A digital illustration of the front of a house. Surrounded by blue sky and green grass, the house is a reddish brown and has offset roofs and a brown garage on the left side of the house. The right side and higher side have 3 windows throughout the two stories and with a porch coming off the bottom floor.

Lake House
Digital Illustration
17x11
Fall 2020
Personal Work
A digital illustration of the front of a house. Surrounded by blue sky and green grass, the house is a reddish brown and has offset roofs and a brown garage on the left side of the house. The right side and higher side have 3 windows throughout the two stories and with a porch coming off the bottom floor.

A digital illustration of a plan/overhead view of the first floor. The plan is a rectangular shape surrounded in green texture with the right bottom side more to the left. The deck is brown. Textures of black and white marbled floor are throughout the first floor. Accents of red/brown and blue gray are throughout the furniture and appliances.

Lake House
Digital Illustration
17x11
Fall 2020
Personal Work
A digital illustration of a plan/overhead view of the first floor. The plan is a rectangular shape surrounded in green texture with the right bottom side more to the left. The deck is brown. Textures of black and white marbled floor are throughout the first floor. Accents of red/brown and blue gray are throughout the furniture and appliances.

A digital illustration of a plan/overhead view of the second floor. The plan is an upright rectangle surrounded by grass texture and it is a single room that has a deck at the bottom of the plan. The red/brown bed is centered in the middle with blues and grays surrounding.

Lake House
Digital Illustration
17x11
Fall 2020
Personal Work
A digital illustration of a plan/overhead view of the second floor. The plan is an upright rectangle surrounded by grass texture and it is a single room that has a deck at the bottom of the plan. The red/brown bed is centered in the middle with blues and grays surrounding.

A drawing on black paper of a house. The house is illustrated in white pen and yellow and orange colored pencil. The house has spanish influence with arched doorways and windows. There is a Puerto Rican flag coming off the right side of the house. The house is framed with brown concrete fences and a paved street and a palm tree in the background.

Gel Pen and Colored Pencil
8.5x11
Spring 2021
Personal Work
A drawing on black paper of a house. The house is illustrated in white pen and yellow and orange colored pencil. The house has spanish influence with arched doorways and windows. There is a Puerto Rican flag coming off the right side of the house. The house is framed with brown concrete fences and a paved street and a palm tree in the background.

Elissa
Poplar and Balsa Wood
around 3’x3’
Spring 2021
3D Independent Study
A wooden sculpture of wooden square dowels and thin strips of wood that form curved lines. Overlapped and criss crossed lines of the wood along with curved lines form a profile of a woman portrait looking to the right. The curved lines are black red, the thinner dowels being blue gray, with the thick structure being white.

An illustration of the map view of Puerto Rico. The background is black with the Puerto Rican flag filled in the island. Above the island there are three illustrations of scenes from landmarks that are important to the artist. From the left to the right there are boats poking out of the left corner. In the middle there is a path to a small post/building and to the right there is a large building with three points with crosses at the top, with the middle cross being a floor lower than the rest.

Landmarks
Digital Illustration
17x11
Spring 2021
Personal Work
An illustration of the map view of Puerto Rico. The background is black with the Puerto Rican flag filled in the island. Above the island there are three illustrations of scenes from landmarks that are important to the artist. From the left to the right there are boats poking out of the left corner. In the middle there is a path to a small post/building and to the right there is a large building with three points with crosses at the top, with the middle cross being a floor lower than the rest.

A painting of two hands coming out of darkness with red and brown colors in the hands. The bottoms of the hand turn more natural colored with a 2D line illustration of ruins. The illustration is in white and had minimal detail other than a wireframe of the ruins.

Bendicion
Oil Paint
24x12
Spring 2021
Personal Work
A painting of two hands coming out of darkness with red and brown colors in the hands. The bottoms of the hand turn more natural colored with a 2D line illustration of ruins. The illustration is in white and had minimal detail other than a wireframe of the ruins.