The Artist

My name Hugo Ramos. I’m an artist living in Austin, TX. My love for art goes back to my childhood, growing up in Kaufman, TX and making my own posters with drawings copied from borrowed Electronic Gaming Monthly magazines. Throughout school, I would always get the urge to draw and recreate those things I loved, doing my best to get the image as close as possible. From a picture of the Titanic, to Pokémon and DBZ characters, my hand at art really took off during my last two years in high school. You would always find me carrying around my sketch pad, art supplies, and a little briefcase I had filled with drawings. I became associated with art so much, my class awarded me “Most Talented.” I guess that was the first time it felt like was “my thing.”


When college came, I got into film at UNT in Denton and drawing took a backseat. Here was a new art form, a way to let the mind loose and create something. During that time, I made friends with a guy named Adrian who was an incredible artist as well. I was in awe of his way at freehandedly creating characters on the spot and also one particular painting of Robocop he had on his wall. 


By 2013, Adrian had moved away after college, but he left some art supplies with me, and I always had plans to make something with it. “One day,” I would say. That year was also when Daft Punk had released Random Access Memories, so I knew one canvas had to be of them as Daft Punk Fever was high. After months of fruitless searching, the loss of one canvas to a false start, and exhausted resources, frustration and disillusionment began to grow. But the urge never left.


That same year, after a time of not making any progress into the film industry, an opportunity for steady work presented itself in Austin. With little time to prepare, I suddenly found myself in a new city. Those art supplies came with me, as well as the dream of that painting. 


Finally, I realized that if anyone was going to make what I was wanting, it had to be me. With the dormant skills I had only begun to discover as a teen, I made my Daft Punk painting. And it felt great. After using up the last canvas Adrian left, I knew that this was something I wanted to keep doing. 


Throughout the years, I have immersed myself into my art. It has been my comfort, my flare, my companion, and my love. It’s also been my bubble for many years, and I want to finally put it out in the world for others to enjoy as well. I hope that through my art, others can get to know me in a way I haven’t been able to communicate before. With my art, I hope you learn about things I like, the hard work it’s been, and the peace it brings.