Artist Information:
Viredo Espinosa
Santa Ana, CA
United States
Member Since: Jun 2001
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Artist Statement:
Much of what I paint comes
from the complex Afro-Cuban
culture of my childhood in
RegIa. I am not an expert on
this culture, just a witness
to what I experienced as a
young man. That is the
perspective of youth where
everything blends together
with no sense of logic. Later
in school, I learned that much
of what I saw originated
beyond Cuba in Africa, China,
Spain, and other parts of the
world.
In school I learned such
disciplines as perspective and
rendering. These were useful
to me when I worked with
architects and designers in
Cuba and later when I worked
as a commercial artist in the
United States. I was never
ashamed of this work because
it paid the bills and allowed
me to live modestly so I could
do my fine art.
The discipline and focus that
is used in --commercial art, I
always applied to my painting.
Over the years my technique
has changed from the
simplicity of childhood
drawings, the abstract
expressionism of my ÒLos OnceÓ
days, to the more reflective
symbolic style that I use now,
which has elements of the
earlier phases. My subject
matter has always been Cuba,
whether it ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
List of showings, commisions
2009
Phanton Galleries LA on 3rd
Street
350 E. 3rd Street Long Beach,
CA 90802
April 25 - May 24, 2009
Curated by Martha De Perez
Engard Arts and
The Whittier Law School
3333 Harbor Blvd. (West on Law
Court)
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
May 30, 2009
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Artist Galleries:
Old Town Gallery
150 Main Street
Tustin, California USA
Phone: 714-734-9088
Galley Hours: Wed-Sat 12-5pm
and by appointment
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Artist Reviews:
Translation from Art Review in
"Gente" Magazine March 29,
1953
...all of this is a physical
portrait but above all mental
that describes marvelously in
the "plastic" painting a
character, a temperament,
almost all fail, but the oil
of Espinosa Herandez (Viredo),
"No. 36 Instrumentistas" and
Portocarreros “No. 70 La ...
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Collections:
African American Museum
Los Angeles, California USA
Museo Nacional
Havana, Cuba
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Viredo Espinosa's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Viredo Espinosa's Portfolio. Browse Espinosa's body of work: Much of what I paint comes from the complex Afro-Cuban culture of my childhood in RegIa. I am not an expert on this culture, just a witness to what I experienced as a young man. That is the perspective of youth where everything blends together with no sense of logic. Later in school, I learned that much of what I saw originated beyond Cuba in Africa, China, Spain, and other parts of the world.
In school I learned such disciplines as perspective and rendering. These were useful to me when I worked with architects and designers in Cuba and ... |
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