Emvergeoning

the KLRN series Conversations sits down with Jesse Treviño, catch it on Monday, November 23nd at 9PM when Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies interviews Jesse Treviño and the Museo Alameda’s new President Guillermo Nicolas.

705: Jesse Treviño
Jesse Treviño is a small and humble man, but his sweeping, epic life story is as captivating as his paintings are. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, he was raised in San Antonio and showed a very early and sizeable talent for Art, where he won competitions as early as 10 years old, and a scholarship to a New York school in his late teens. After his time in the Big Apple, he planned to go to Paris, but his draft notice took him instead to Viet Nam where an explosion left shrapnel imbedded in his body, and the hand he used to make beautiful art…unusable.
After three frustrating years of trying to overcome those injuries, doctors removed his arm. While in rehabilitation Treviño met a fellow injured soldier who convinced him to try letting his art flow out his left hand instead. It worked!In the ensuing 4 decades Treviño has been creating world class art about the simple things, places and people of his neighborhood, and San Antonio.
Known generally for his photorealistic style, Treviño’s reputation extended far beyond the Texas border to the Smithsonian in Washington DC, where two of his paintings hang.A talent this large as his isn’t content to rest or stay within one medium, so Treviño undertook his largest work: a nine-story tall Mosaic adorning the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital. Now the Museo Alameda hosts an exhibition on the Alamo City’s most-loved artist and that’s where Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies interviewed him. Also interviewed is Museo Alameda’s new President Guillermo Nicolas.

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