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Richard Armendariz

Professor of Art
The University of Texas at San
Antonio

Romanticism for the American
landscape and the hybridization of
Mexican, American and indigenous
cultures have always informed the
content of my work. Images that
have cultural, biographical and art
historical references are carved
and burned into the surfaces of my
artwork.

I use traditional painting and
printmaking techniques in
combination with non-tradition
methods of drawing to achieve my
esthetic. The content found in classic
novels, poems and song lyrics are
added to elevate and reinforce the
conceptual link between the nuanced
meanings of words and my imagery.

Themes involving power dynamics,
destiny, and the role chance plays
in our lives, make up the conceptual
backbone of my work. Set the Woods on Fire (remix)
Oil on Carved Birch Plywood
48 x 48 “
2020

Blown Off Course, Guided By Spirits, Carved mixed media on panel, 48x48”, 2020