2. Carmen Lomas Garza is a Mexican American artist who creates narrative artworks about everyday events based on her memories and experiences growing up in South Texas. Her work is widely known through her two bilingual picture books, Family Pictures and In My Family .
6. Carmen Lomas Garza has said that her art is a record of the life she knew as a child of Mexican descent growing up in Kingsville, Texas. She describes herself as a chronicler of celebrations, family stories, and shared memories.
8. Carmen Lomas Garza uses solid areas of bright color and finely-detailed outlines in her paintings. Because she adds so much detail, it may take the artist from two to nine months to finish a painting.
10. Carmen Lomas Graza’s grandfather was a chuck-wagon cook on the King Ranch in South Texas. Her father was a sheet-metal worker and her mother was a self-taught painter who also worked as a florist.
13. Carmen Lomas Garza knew she would be an artist by the time she was a teenager. She earned three college degrees and worked in schools and art museums before she became a full-time artist. She now lives and works in San Francisco, California.
20. “ It has been my objective to make paintings, prints, installations for The Days of the Dead, paper and metal cutouts that instill pride in our cultural and historical contributions to American society.”
21. “ I wanted to depict in fine art form all the things of our culture that are important or beautiful or very moving.” Carmen Lomas Garza
22. You can visit the artist’s personal web site at http://www.carmenlomassgarza.com
