Mexican painter Tag

The several dozen figurative and expressionistic paintings by Artemio Sepúlveda currently on view at Laguna Art Museum are so empathetic and deftly done, the casual viewer might think they were created by a widely-known artist. But beyond a small coterie of admirers and collectors—many in and around Laguna Beach—Sepúlveda (alive and well at age 85) is barely known.   What’s even more surprising is the story of the artist’s life. The son of a miner in Mexico, he grew up in grinding poverty, making it difficult for him to have the art education he...

16 March, 2020 /