El Moises
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El Moises
El Moisés. Original Contemporary Chicano Creations. Acrylic on canvas, accented with clear coats, diamond dust, & or glitter. Open To Fine Art Commissions.
Burque based artist El Moisés was born in Baja, Ol’Mexico. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Arizona, but his childhood was spent on both sides of the border as he made frequent visits to relatives in Mex. Elements from both lands, layered with his personal flair & imagination, led to the distinct new contemporary / folk art style he shares today. His paintings tend to combine traditional Chicano & American pop culture with Mexican traditions, lowrider pinstriping, & Southwestern symbolism to create a merging neon-hued extravaganza, which El Moisés refers to as “badass folk art!” There’s a mystical quality to his work that deftly blends life & death, sacred & profane in a way that seems organic.
Moisés paints what he loves & knows, following a theme in a subject’s life until he can transpose it to canvas. Moisés has taken his personal background in Mexican & Native American folk art to the entire world with works that can be found on labels, murals, books, motorcycles & so much more. One of his most proud collaborates, are the bilingual children’s books he illustrated with the late great New Mexican author Rudolfo Anaya.
“This past Saturday, Taos may well have gotten its next Casa de la Raza in the form of local painter El Moisés’ Immaculate Heart gallery. The Mexican-born, Phoenix-raised artist christened his space with a daytime meet & greet with a local political candidate who provided free posole, biscochitos, and other goodies before launching the opening of his auspiciously-located art gallery. Later that evening, the crowd was a cosmopolitan and smartly-dressed group of art lovers soaking up the images of an artist in complete control of his powers, clearly poised to permanently add to the lush visual fabric of Taos.” -Joseph Mora, CWP,
Together, novelist Rudolfo Anaya and painter Moises Salcedo — who goes by El Moises — have created a bilingual children’s book with parallel texts in Spanish and English about the adventures of a tiny owl named Ollie who longs to read on his own, even as he skips school and tangles with a cast of conniving animal characters in the hills and skies of northern New Mexico.
