wrong way train productions presents

Eastside Linos

hand made hand printed

The Art THat I do

Although I work in many mediums, linocuts are my most recent endeavor. I find the ghost- noir like quality interpretive allowing for the audience to fill in the imaginary voids thus participating in the resolve. The absence of color is important because it brings to mind the “chiaroscuro” images used to describe the old black and white Mexican movies I watched as a boy, a sort of “inspired madness.” This style of Lino is created by “skeletonizing” images into workable pieces to cut.

My credentials

Published artist, poet, writer, musician and silversmith. I’ve spent a lifetime in the creative realm. I have two years of formal training in elements of form and perspective. I was part of the Chicano Arts and Political Movements of the late 60’s and early 70's, i've built custom cars and Motorcycles, have won numerous awards and taught art on occasion. Born in Boyle Heights Los Angles in 1951, I now live in South San Gabriel, California. I’m a family man, retired union construction worker and great grandfather.

My Past Projects

Johnny Boy

Celebrating the

Lowrider lifestyle in East Los Angeles

3” x 5" Artcard

$20

La Guera

Chicana light skinned Chola

living the myth

14" x 11" Art Paper

$60

Student Becomes Teacher

Coming of age in the old west

a changing of the guard

8" x 10" Art Paper

$45

Our Lady of Cantinflas

The sublime Mexican master

of comedy

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas"

3” x 5" Art Card

$15

City of Halls L.A.

City Hall the grand old lady

looking over Los Angeles since 1928

7” x 7'' Artcard

$30

Alone

A stark look at loneliness

in the early Southwest

11” x 8 1/2" Artcard

$40

Placita Olvera

Part of the central plaza

of Los Angeles

founded in 1820

here it is later with City Hall in the background

11” x 8 1/2" off white Art Paper

$30

Lil Willie G

Iconic chicano singer extraordinaire

from East Los Angeles

founding member of

Thee Midniters band

in the 1960s

5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$40

Arthur

Every little cowboy's dream,

a picture on a pony

1960 Boyle Heights

4” x 6" Artcard

$25

Eye of the Beholder

This is inspired by the Nurse from the Twighlight Zone's "Eye of the Beholder"

Episode 6, 1960

4” x 6" Artcard

$20

Big Ron

Former president of

the TRIBE CAR CLUB So Cal

rip

4 1/2" x 3"

$10

Art Chacon vs

Danny "Little Red" Lopez

1970's Crosstown

Chicano rivalry

at the Olympic Auditorium

in Los Angeles

8 1/2" x 7" Art Paper

$25

Reina de Los Angeles

A spiritual-satirical look

at L.A.'s City Hall as the Virgin Mary

overlooking Her children

8 1/2" x 6 1/2" Artcard

$30

Manuel

Everyone knew Manuel

owner of the the famous

Mexican Restaurant El Tepeyac

in East L.A

4 1/4" x 6 1/2" Artcard"

$20

Lupe Y Pascualita

Everybody's grandparents

who left Mexico for the United Sates

during the Mexican Revolution

11" x 8 1/2" Art Paper

$30

6th Street Bridge

51' Ford crossing

the old 6th Street Bridge between the East Side and Downtown L.A.

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$30

Baby Jagger

An abstract look at a

very special little guy

4 1/2" x 3" Atcard

$10

John Doe

American singer, songwriter,

actor, poet, guitarist and bass player

looking over a fence

4 1/4" x 4 1/2" Artcard

$15

Zombies in the Weeds

An old Mercury and Ford

slammed to the ground

at a car show

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$30

Dreams of 1975

Surreal dream of

standing in front of a 1948

Chevy School bus

smoking pot

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$20

Shadows of Asco

Harry Gamboa, Willie Herron,

Gronk and Patssi Valdez

part of a Chicano Art Collective called

ASCO

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$30

Gorky's

An old surreal marquee

of a watering hole

in the old Arts District of Los Angeles

4 1/2" x 3" Artcard

$15

Mama Earth

An indigenous reflection

of our planet

4 1/2" x 3" Artcard

$15

Mariachi Plaza

An interesting perspective of the newly developed Plaza in East Los Angeles

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$30

El Revote de Maravilla

Oldest Handball court in East Los Angeles built by OG's back in 1928

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Artcard

$25

Cinco Puntos

A five corner intersection separating East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights home of the Mexican American War Memorial inaugurated in 1947

11" x 8 1/2" Art Paper

$30

El Pino

A cult figure, large bunya pine overlooking the neighborhoods of East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights Los Angeles from atop hill. Also a star in the movie “Blood In Blood Out”

11" x8 1/2" Art Paper

$30

Sal Castro

A revered, sublimed teacher, administrator, activist and architect of the 1968 Chicano Walk Outs

6" x 4" Artcard

$20

G Dog

An affectionate moniker for Gregory Joseph Boyle, is an American Roman Catholic priest the founder and director of Homeboy Industries, the world's largest gang-intervention and rehabilitation program

6" x 4" Artcard

$20

available for gallery display and representation

DANNY TREJO

"St. Trejo" A whimsical look

at a Chicano icon.

A7" x 9" Art Paperi

$30

Cantor’s Boyle Height

Before the famous Cantor’s delicatessen moved to the West Side of Los Angeles it was part of the East Side from 1931 to 1952

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Art Card

$25

Cantina Guerra

Here the smell of stale mescal,

wet oak and old leather lingers

amongst the dark lit adobe

5" x 8" Art Card’

$25

Marilyn X

American actress Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1928 - August 4, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, California to Gladys Pearl Baker (May 27, 1902 – March 11, 1984), who was Marilyn’s mother born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico

6"x9" Art Card

$25

General Hospital, ELA

A very familiar decommissioned hospital perched high atop Hazard Hill in East Los Angeles

8 1/2" x 11" Art Card

$30

Most recent Project

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