ABOUT
Lorenzo Chavez was born and raised in the southernmost point of the Rocky Mountain Range in Albuquerque New Mexico. His first inspirations and foundation as a young artist were formed by the local New Mexico landscape and the art history of New Mexico. Lorenzo now makes his home in Parker, Colorado and uses this location as a base to travel and paint New Mexico, the American West and Southwest.
Through the years, while searching for subject matter, he realized there are many similarities throughout the Rockies and High Desert. The deep blue of the vaulting sky, majestic cloud formations, rabbit brush, Chamisa, pinon, pine and juniper, the willows that line the stream banks, The light of the Arroyos, the granite in the mountain ranges, aspens and the endless seas of grasses are continuing inspirations.
Using pastel and oil mediums, his quest is to carry on the art traditions of American painters such as the Taos Society of Artists and the American Impressionists, artists Lorenzo is very inspired by.
Notable representation and exhibition locations include:
Pastel Society of Spain
Pastel Society of France
Pastel Society of America
Pastel Society of Europe
Artists of America Show in Denver
Colorado Governors Exhibition, Loveland Museum
Artist of the West. Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs
Rims to Ruins Exhibitions
C. M. Russell Museum
Plein Air Painters of America
Phippen Art Museum
Madden Art Museum
Colorado History Museum
Colorado Springs Art Museum
Booth Western Art Museum
Buffalo Bill Center for the West
Albuquerque Art Museum
Taos Art Museum
Maynard Dixon Country - Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts.
100 Gold Medal Exhibition- The Pasadena Art Museum
The Brinton Museum
Glacier Art Museum
Koshare Museum
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Coors Western Art Show in Denver
Butler Art Museum
Laguna Art Museum
Gilcrease Museum
Loveland Art Museum
Steamboat Art Museum
A.R. Mitchell Museum
Legacy Art Gallery
Montana Hertitage Center
Turner Art Gallery
Big Horn Art Gallery
Mockingbird Gallery
Pinon Gallery
Elements 5280 Gallery
Saks Gallery
DeColores Gallery
Cape Cod Art Museum
Blue Rain Art Gallery Santa Fe
Helena Fox Fine Art
Illume Gallery
Taos Art Gallery
Grapevine Gallery OKC
Settlers West Gallery
Howard Manville Gallery
Gallery of the Southwest
Trailside Galleries Scottsdale, Jackson Hole and Carmel.
Lorenzo Chavez was featured in a successful one-man show at the C.M. Russell Museum and has participated successfully in several C.M. Russell Art Auctions.
Feature articles have appeared in Southwest Art, Art of the West, American Artist Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Artists Magazine, Western Art Review, American Art Review, Pastel Journal, Denver Gazette, Denver Post La Voz, and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles.
Nine art books feature his art: Beautiful Landscapes Outdoors, Les Mitres de Art France, Painted Sky, Art Journey America Landscapes, Colorado Landscapes, and Pure Color: The Best of Pastel 1 &2 and Plein Air New Mexico.
Lorenzo is a nationally known Fine Art instructor who has taught numerous workshops across the United States since 1993. Lorenzo is represented by many major fine art galleries and many private and corporate collections both nationally and internationally.