Rudy Rios
Should you want to speak with me call 505-730-1719; if you want to send me an electronic note try riosrje@gmail.com!
Statement
I have chosen to re-pot myself from several years of working in wood and tin to a more body friendly medium of painting. Wood and tin are organic mediums of distinction. Malleable, carveable, dyed, punched, stained, polished, all events of a life energy which I explored and was won over by. Now the intersection of mid-life has interrupted this journey and old door of the past has re-opened for a new exploration - Painting. Painting now has re-ignited a passion which was once quenched by wood and tin.
My painting work which now lets me disseminate the emotion, love, textures, compositions, lines and shapes of my imagination on a flat surface with globs of pigment using direction, balance, gradation, dominance, repetition and unity. Opportunities become inseparable, beacons of abstract form, simplifications of nature yet strict conviction of form and balance. I do not wish to empty myself of my former life but to only repose the exuberance of what was once the flame and rekindle this with a modern subtly of visual embodiment.
Note: all work is copy written and cannot be used without written permission.
Resume
Note: I am currently still living and in the process of building my life resume. This is what I consider important. The other stuff is just what others want to see and talk about with a nice glass of cabernet.
1962-present
Training: Architectural Drafting, Architectural Rendering 1976 - 1981
Art Design: Tin Work – Spanish Colonial Style 1985 - 2008;
Wood Working – Spanish Colonial Period 1978 - 2008;
Architectural Residential Design / 65 Unique Custom Homes 1999 – present;
Painting: 1978-present
Current Medium: Oil on Canvas, Past Medium: Oil on tin
Acrylic on Canvas, Tin
Oil on Hardboard, Wood
Acrylic on Hardwood, Metal
Awards: First place: Spanish Colonial Tin work 1999 New Mexico State Fair
First place: Metal 1997 Assoc. Bldrs & Cont Exhibit
Collections:
Spanish Colonial Woodwork
- Julian Garcia Trust - other Private Collectors
- Jesus Rios Trust
- Cristo Rey Church
- Placitas Realty
Spanish Colonial Tinwork
- Bill Stairwalt - other Private Collectors
- Rios Law Firm ABQ
- BGR Trust NYC
Paintings
- Diamond Tail Development / Dan Dennison - Holiday Inn Chico CA
- Rios Law Firm ABQ - other Private Collectors
- Brunner Trust
Livable Art
- 65 Unique Custom Designed Homes
