ABOUT THE ARTIST

For Alfredo Rodríguez, painting was as much a part of his childhood development as learning to walk and speak. Some of his earliest memories are of illustrating classroom assignments and painting portraits of family members with one of his earliest gifts, a set of watercolors from his mother at the age of six. Born and raised in México in a family of nine children, Alfredo used his talent to supplement his family’s income needs.

Now living in California and winning top awards from several of the most prestigious organizations, like the “Sam Houston Award for Best painting” at the Briscoe museum’s Night of Artists Western Art Show, 2023.

Rodríguez’ work is also included in the books “Western Painting Today” by Royal B. Hassick and “Contemporary Western Artist” by Peggy and Harold Samuels. Alfredo also has been featured in magazines such as “Art of the West”, “Informart”, “Western Horseman” , and “International Fine Art Collector”. His works have also been used to illustrate Bobbie Kalman’s textbooks: “Nations of the Plains “, “Nations of the Southwest”, “Native Homes”, “Life in a Plains Camp”, and “The Life of the Navajo”.

Rodriguez’s work has been exhibited at numerous noteworthy invitational art shows around the country, including the “Masters of the American West” at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles California, where some of his works were purchased for the private collections of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Autry. Rodriguez is also an annual exhibitor at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, TX and Settlers West Galleries in Tucson, AZ. Furthermore, the Favel Museum of Western Art in Klamath Falls, Oregon, honored Alfredo with the 1991 Artist of the Year award, and his work is on permanent display in the museum’s collection.

His paintings also belong to the permanent collections of The James Museum of Western Art in St. Petersburg, Florida, The George G Matthews Collection of Western Art, the Briscoe Western Art Museum, The Heritage of the Americas Museum, in El Cajon, CA, The Booth Museum in Georgia, The Pearce Museum in Corsicana, TX, where in 2013 the museum awarded Alfredo with the Artists’ Choice Award in one of their shows.

A professional artist since 1968, (when he sold his first painting),  Alfredo Rodríguez is enjoying international response by private and corporate art collectors, as well as wide critical acclaim. He is internationally recognized for his outstanding paintings of the American West. His rich and vivid images of mountains, deserts, and Indian villages are admired wherever they are displayed, but it is his portrayal of the inhabitants of the land that provides the focal point of his work.

As he paints he captures the dignity of the human spirit elevated by the majestic beauty of their surroundings. He has come a long way from such a humble beginning, yet the critics believe that his masterful treatment of the American West is largely responsible for his success and demonstrates even greater potential for the future.