Description
This fine art serigraph was created by Southwestern Artist Amado Pena Jr. It is titled ”Paseo de las Negras” and is a limited edition serigraph created in 1986. Measurements are – framed and under glass – 29.75″ x 29.75″.
This Serigraph is part of a private collection that is for sale.
The other artwork can be viewed here:
Amado Pena Jr. ”Sombras” Serigraph
https://hearteyes4vintage.etsy.com/listing/1529921917
ARTIST BIO:
Amado Pena Jr.’s art focuses on Hispanic and Native American figures and has been described as capturing the essence of the Southwest. Pena, a mestizo of Mexican and Yaqui Indian descent, was born in 1943 and raised in Laredo, Texas. He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees at Texas A & I University in Kingsville, Texas and was an art teacher in Texas public schools for sixteen years.
Pena is known for his humanitarian efforts, and his fund-raising activities have benefited charities such as the March of Dimes, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Native American Rights Fund and the Mexican American Legal and Educational Fund. The Amado and JB Pena “Art Has Heart” Foundation, established in 1994, provides opportunities for low and modest income students in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona to further their education in the arts.
According to Pena, “I feel blessed having seen and touched the beautiful things that speak so proudly of who we are. Our gifts to the world are our history, our art.”
Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, Spider Rock, Enchanted Mesa, Acoma, Black Mesa — these are names that evoke an aura of mystery and hint at the birth of legends. These sites are part of an enduring, rugged landscape that speaks of the ancient heritage of a region now known as Arizona and New Mexico.” This land, the people who live there and their native crafts, are the threads in a rich cultural tapestry that is the inspiration for the works of Amado M. Pena, Jr. Using this trilogy of imagery, Pena studies the interrelation and integration of these entities, giving each equal importance.
With bold color, form and the dynamics of composition, Pena communicates his vision of a land, a people, and their art. He is a prolific artist with restless, creative energy that keeps him at work in his studios in Santa Fe and Austin. A master printer, his serigraphs are noted for bold color schemes and strong graphic use of lines. His etchings convey quiet elegance in fine lines and soft color. The drama of his paintings is heightened by an intensity of hue and unexpected spatial relationships. Abstractions of the landscape merge with exaggerated human forms; blanket and pottery patterns further echo the shapes of the land.
Pena is recognized as an Artisan of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona and is dedicated to furthering the public’s knowledge and interest in the Tribe, its art, its history, and its culture.
Source: AskArt
ARTIST STATEMENT
AMADO M. PEÑA: My name is Amado M. Peña, Jr., and I was born in Laredo, Texas in 1943 and currently make my home in Nambé, New Mexico, that’s out of Santa Fe, where I have a ranch, and I have my work-in studio. Mestizo is a term that I became familiar with back in the late ‘60s. I was attending graduate school, and we were in the middle of what some people call the Chicano Revolution. As a student, we were very much involved with trying to portray imagery that had to do with what was currently going on in the United States, which was pretty much brought out by the farm workers strike in California, and it kind of trickled down into Texas.
The work is done in a serigraph medium, which is sometimes called silk screen. All the colors that you see on the print are actually hand cut with a stencil that is then applied to a screen. The ink is then squeegeed through the screen on to portray the different images. The main theme of the print has to do with the tri-culture as we know it, the mixture of the indigenous and the Spanish to give us what would currently be referred to as a Mexican or Latino, so it’s a mixture of three different cultures. This is what I tried to depict in the piece. It is to represent the three cultures and to give tribute to the people. It’s part of a major series of works that I did back then.
I was one of the very first screen printers in Texas. There was a lot done in California, and it slowly finally trickled down into Texas, but my work was one of the first to be represented in this particular medium, so there is a body of approximately 40 or 50 pieces that kind of represent that period of time.”
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