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Glynn Gomez—Brick Structure with Barbed Wire
Phillip H. Smith Collection

Ralph Ortiz—Montezuma
Whitney Museum of American Art

George Lopez
Adam and Eve and the Tree of Life
Dallas Museum of Art

whose elevation to the Presidency brought national attention to Salinas' work. His paintings have been reproduced in articles, books and other publications, especially his renditions of the fields of bluebonnets which grow in profusion in Central Texas.
Antonio García, a well-known painter in Central Texas and Mexico, works in fresco, oil, egg tempera, casein, acrylics, and water colors. He has illustrated several books, painted panels and walls of several churches and public buildings (under the PWAP), and has done landscapes and portraits. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute in the late '20's and has been particularly influential as a teacher. For the last 25 years he has taught art in the adult education program at Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, and has conducted workshops in neighboring cities.
Chelo Gonzalez Amezcua has remained largely unknown outside Del Rio, Texas, until very recently when her work was shown in San Antonio. She has not received any formal art training nor followed any of the traditional paths in the arts. She uses pen and ink on paper or cardboard to weave her intricate linear patterns which serve to support the dreamlike images of her work. She calls her colored ink drawings "filigree art, a new Texas culture." This is a very apt description of her renditions of Aztec poets and rulers, muses, and other regal person-nages, which in themselves evoke a certain mystical and magical quality. 
Edward Chaves (b. 1917) and Michael Ponce de Leon (b.1922) are two truly outstanding members of the next generation of artists whose formative years span the '30's and '40's. They have achieved national prominence, with their works being exhibited in every major museum of this country. Primarily an easel painter, Chavez has painted murals in several states and Brazil. His work is based on the new pictorial languages developed by European artists before World War I, abstraction based on a cubist spacial grid.
Color is spotted and accents flicker over much of the visual field in his early paintings. These are sustained within strong patterns established and defined by dark rectilinear forms. In his most recent works these have been de-emphasized, displaying a far richer palette. Large, clearly defined color fields take up large portions of the paintings. Chavez has taught in many colleges and universities since the '50's. At present he is teaching at Dutchess Community College in New York State.
Michael Ponce de Leon, printmaker and teacher at the Pratt Graphic Center in New York, is well-known for his relief prints made with a press of his own design. He creates bas-reliefs with special papers and a press that applies 10,000 pounds of pressure per square inch. He thinks of his work as a confrontation between the artist, equipped with no preconceived notions, and his material which is to be manipulated, 

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Ruben Gonzalez—The Great Society
Kennecott Copper Corporation

Octavio Medellin—The Bather
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simmons Collection

Chelo Gonzalez Amezcua—Hidden Treasure Collection the artist

Rufino Tamayo—America Bank of the Southwest

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