Texas Trip Oil Painting

I recently went on a trip to Fort Worth, Texas. I was surrounded by cowboy imagery, horses and a few saloons. I got do see the work of famed western illustrator Frederic Remington and got to attend my first Rodeo. I've always loved drawing cowboys so I got the idea to paint my son and I robbing a bank in the wild west.

Some Photo Reference for Bank Robbery Painting

Angel Miguel Alvarez- pencil drawing for "Texas Bank Robbery" Painting

Angel Miguel Alvarez illustration- Final Oil Painting for "Texas Bank Robbery" oil Painting 

Advanced Illustration Class for Graduate School

The new director for my MFA Program is the amazing C.F. Payne. He did a demo for us at a recent contact period and I got to try out his painting technique. He uses a combination of acrylics, watercolors, oils and colored pencils. He kept encouraging us to experiment, artist have to continuously try new things in order to grow. He said "the only one that takes a risk when creating art is the piece of paper, if it does not work out you can just throw it away." I also got some great feedback from all star illustrator Gary Kelley throughout the week encouraging me to push value, create interesting shapes and push the contrast in my work. It was an incredibly inspiring week and I'm eager to get in the studio and start experimenting.




Angel Alvarez Painting for Advance Illustration Class with C.F. Payne and Gary Kelley

Angel Alvarez- Mixed Media Illustration

University of Hartford- MFA Illustration Class of 2017