Artist David Rosales contributes proud, monochromatic, Renaissance-inspired portraits of young men to Soy de Aquí. These portraits incorporate regional markers as icons and playfully push the stereotypes of multiple identifications such as Latino, Chicano, male, youth, place and region. David teaches drawing, painting and art history at San Bernardino Valley College and digital fine art at the Norco Campus of Riverside Community College. Recently he opened "Little Luna Studios" in San Bernardino where he works and exhibits his art. Both Gilbert “Magu” Lujan and David Rosales will be featured in an upcoming book, "Contemporary Chicana/Chicano Artists in the United States," being published by the University of Arizona next year.

"Lakeside Guardian" acrylic on canvas

 

West Wall of Gallery

"Ancestral Death Mask" acrylic/oil on canvas

East Wall of Gallery