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“Dreamers” | Oil on Canvas | 36″ X 24″
I am so excited to unveil my newest painting.
Dreamers is the second in my series Norman Rockwell in Post-Racial America.
I decided to reinterpret the painting entitled Breaking Home Ties (below).
Instead of the rural farmworker with his son going off to college I used a jornalero father seeing his son off to college.
In the Corn vs Flour World Series, we’re down with Los Doyers! (toon)
#TBT ThrowBackThursday 2010 PURO PEDO Magazine (toon)
In 2010, artist and POCHO amigo Jake Prendez, visualized some Chicano iPhone apps with the homies at Puro Pedo Magazine. ¡Genio!
It’s a classic of Mexican art — La Selfie (toon)
La Selfie is one of the newest additions to my contemporary codices series. The series asks: “If we were still creating codices like our ancestors what would they look like? What would our community look like?”
[More like this @ JakePrendez.com.]
April showers bring May flowers — and ‘El Paletero’ (toon)
El Paletero is the newest edition to my contemporary codices series. The series asks if we were still creating codices like our ancestors what would they look like? What would our community look like?
[More like this @ JakePrendez.com.]
POCHO HISTORY 101: Los Pachucos Indigenas (toon)
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The struggle is real: Churro know my life! (toon)
