Born and raised in Los Angeles, Rene Vasquez attended Art Center College of Design and has had exhibits in L.A., Arizona, Miami and New York. He currently lives and works in Sherman Oaks, Ca..

He obsessively paints the inner and fetishized journeys of manhood, mostly folly, attempting to gain understanding and position as a man in relationship to his woman, child, family and place in an overly and intrusive, societal insistence on the feminization of men. It is a mostly base occupation.

Process:   Birch Panels are cut and sanded then water soaked and left to dry. Sanded again. Generally an acrylic wash is used to stain the wood. Prisma color pencils, graphite and acrylic paint are used and a final layer of varathane semi-gloss varnish is applied. The varnish acts not only as a protective element but is essential to bring out the grain of the wood and also to intensify the color of the pigment and to increase transparency. Rarely is there a plan for the piece, all images are linked intuitively, one to the other. He uses no reference materials.