{"id":2,"date":"2010-11-30T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T04:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T22:22:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Artist_Statement.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"About\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m an El Paso native.\u00a0 I graduated from UTEP with a BFA, majoring in Metals with a minor in Painting. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use elements from around El Paso as the basis for or integrated into the larger themes of my works. &nbsp;Many of my ideas start from what I\u2019m interested in and what I photograph around me.&nbsp; I mash up local culture, pop-art aesthetics and hints of surrealism. Large doses of over-saturated colors compliment my layered imagery, creating a collage-like vision of random Americana.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/johnrust.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"johnrust\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m an El Paso native.\u00a0 I graduated from UTEP with a BFA, majoring in Metals with a minor in Painting. \u00a0 I use elements from around El Paso as the basis for or integrated into the larger themes of my works. &nbsp;Many of my ideas start from what I\u2019m interested in and what I photograph [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1MdZY-2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}