Swell Artist Collective's Victor A. Jimenez is a representational artist primarily focusing on figurative drawing and painting. Jimenez lives in Boise, Idaho where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting from Boise State University. As a kid growing up in rural southern Idaho, he enjoyed reading comic books, and quickly discovered a talent for drawing comics. Inspired by an appreciation for skill and artistry, he never stopped drawing. Making comics in art class soon led to an interest in working with oil paints and painting portraits of his friends. Being a native to deserts and small towns, isolation is a frequent theme in his work, and he’s often influenced by science and philosophy, as well as the nature of the universe and the attempt to understand existence within it. His process, to a great extent, involves strategic thinking - going slow to go fast.