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1910 Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico - 1991. Known for: Sculptor, folk art, naive sketches.
Born in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, his Spanish heritage exposed him to "bulto" making, the shaping of wooden religious figures used in shrines. In 1967, he launched this as a... Read full biography
Born in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, his Spanish heritage exposed him to "bulto" making, the shaping of wooden religious figures used in shrines. In 1967, he launched this as a career in his small adobe house in Tesuque. He works in wood, elm or cottonwood, and often employs wood... Read full biography
Born in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, his Spanish heritage exposed him to "bulto" making, the shaping of wooden religious figures used in shrines. In 1967, he launched this as a career in his small adobe house in Tesuque. He works in wood, elm or cottonwood, and often employs wood filler to give his objects more body. Although his tradition is from the "santeros," makers of saints, his interest is primarily small animals of which he has produced dozens of all sizes--pigs, cats,... Read full biography
Born in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, his Spanish heritage exposed him to "bulto" making, the shaping of wooden religious figures used in shrines. In 1967, he launched this as a career in his small adobe house in Tesuque. He works in wood, elm or cottonwood, and often employs wood filler to give his objects more body. Although his tradition is from the "santeros," makers of saints, his interest is primarily small animals of which he has produced dozens of all sizes--pigs, cats, giraffes and cougars. They are not literal renditions but are intended to embody the untamed qualities of the animal world.
Born in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, his Spanish heritage exposed him to "bulto" making, the shaping of wooden religious figures used in shrines. In 1967, he launched this as a career in his small adobe house in Tesuque. He works in wood, elm or cottonwood, and often employs wood filler to give his objects more body. Although his tradition is from the "santeros," makers of saints, his interest is primarily small animals of which he has produced dozens of all sizes--pigs, cats, giraffes and cougars. They are not literal renditions but are intended to embody the untamed qualities of the animal world.
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Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Magic Marker, Sharpie, Felt-Tip Pen
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Indian, Native American