IN THE NEWS Just had a big feature in the Palisadian Post's LifeStyle section written by my good friend Michael Aushenker. You can read the article here. photo credits: Rich Schmitt
Yours truly will be presenting at Comic-Con in San Diego from the Wed July 23rd thru Sun 27th. If you're at the Con, come by my table K-11 in Small Press and pick up new the new collection 'You So Loco' and tons of new prints. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Jose was born and raised in New York City in the upper part of Manhattan. His community was predominately Dominican and throughout his early school years he was surrounded by friends who loved to draw. His love for art got him accepted to La Guardia H.S. of Music and Art near Lincoln Center were he was exposed to the world of fine art.
After graduating from High School, he went to Baltimore and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art. He studied everything from photography to environmental design and got a huge spoonful of Art History. Some of his influences include Henry Moore, Amedeo Modigliani, Lucian Freud, Giacometti, Paul Rand, Ansel Adams, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, R. Crumb, John Romita Jr., Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Jack Davis and the list goes on. This gave him the inspiration and the cojones to create Crying Macho Man.