Brownsville
BIO:
I have lived in Brownsville most of my life. I have been involved in education since I finished college in 1984. I received a music degree from the University of Corpus Christi and worked as a band director at St. Joseph Academy for five years. I have also been a classroom teacher at St. Mary’s School, Burns Elementary and The Teen Learning Community. I have been an assistant principal for the last five years, four of those years at R.L. Martin Elementary and for the last year I have been an assistant principal at Gladys Porter High School.My wife’s name is Cindy and we have two children.
I have been interested in art all of my life but have never received any formal training. Everything that I do, whether in woodwork or painting mediums, is self taught. Whenever we travel, I always make it a point to visit any art galleries we can find. I particularly enjoy visiting contemporary art exhibits.
My main reason for not exhibiting more often is my lack of time. I am usually very busy with work at school and with my involvement at St. Mary’s Church. I am also a licensed massage therapist in the state of Texas and that also keeps me very busy.
I am always working on a painting or two but it usually takes me from several weeks to several months to finish. I only work on them when I have a bit of extra time and that doesn’t happen very often. I do most of my work during Christmas break, spring break or during the summer months.
I don’t have any particular place where I work at home. Sometimes I set up in the dining room, or in the family room depending on the size of canvas I am using. I don’t think that I have developed any particular style but lately, I have been experimenting with abstract painting. Faces and bodies have always come easy for me to paint and draw and it is very difficult for me to place paint on a canvas without trying to make it look like something or someone.
I don’t have any particular favorite artist. I enjoy looking at the work of many different artists but, like I said before, lately I really enjoy looking at the work by any of the modern artists.
I don’t have any plans on exhibiting in the near future but, hopefully, with the work of organizations such as Amigos Artistas and The Art of Brownsville and with the opening of more venues, it will become easier for local artists to exhibit.
FAVORITE PLACES TO EXHIBIT ART IN THE RGV:
During the last few years, I have seen more and more art activities being scheduled in Brownsville and I think that it is very exciting. I think that we have so much talent here locally and I am happy to see that more venues are being provided for local artists to exhibit their work. I am particularly very happy with the new location of the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.
I have exhibited some of my paintings at the International Art Show at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, at the Amigos Artistas art exhibit and at the shows hosted by local artist Toni Hudson at Imagenes Art Studio (Brownsville).
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