The artists featured in this part of our collection are members of a colony of Mexican painters, sculptors, muralists and other Mexican artists in the mystical Copper Canyon area of northwestern Mexico.
Copper Canyon Train
Running near the deepest and longest canyon in North America, the Copper Canyon railroad (Chihuahua al Pacifico) stretches from the Big Bend country of West Texas though Northwest Mexico to the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). The train climbs over pine-forested mountain ranges, steams across solitary deserts, through more than 70 tunnels and over countless tall bridges. The Copper Canyon train stops near the artists' homes and studios.
Jose Baray
Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico
Jose Baray Ramirez is the oldest and most experienced painter/muralist of the colony. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1969. Baray founded the Street Artists Guild in Mexico City while attending the university. He toured the United States and Canada from the late 1960s and into the 1980s, exhibiting his work and becoming well-known in art circles.
Befriended by American painter Georgia O'Keeffe, Baray designed the famous garden and laid its flagstone at her Ghost Ranch home near Abiquiu, New Mexico. Her influence can be seen in some of his paintings and murals.
His home and studio sit alongside the Copper Canyon train stop in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua. His neighbors include Mennonite farmers and Tarahumara Indians. He brought his talent and mastery of painting to the Copper Canyon area and shares what he has learned with other artists in the colony. Baray works mostly with acrylic paints, and his paintings tend to be large and on canvas or wood.
Mujer Azul
Jose Baray
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Kamilo Almanza
Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico
The most prolific painter and muralist of the group, Kamilo Almanza can be found in the studio above his home late into the night. Son of a Tarahumara Indian father and a Mestizo mother, he reflects both cultures in his paintings, sculptures and murals. Almanza works with many materials, including oils, acrylics, automotive paint, charcoal, clay, pencil, ink, and so on. His paintings are usually on heavy cotton paper, most of them measuring about 25" x 19" (63cm x 48cm).
Myself as Pancho Villa
Kamilo Almanza
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Jesus Ibarra
Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico
Jesus Ibarra, a painter/muralist/musician, can usually be found in his spacious studio. Located above his home, his art studio is accessible only by ladder! Painted almost exclusively in watercolor on heavy cotton paper, most of his paintings are about 25" x 19" (63cm x 48cm).
el Agave
Jesus Ibarra
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