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Abel Duran Jr. is a Hispanic American artist; raised in the Rio Grande Valley and is now residing in San Antonio, TX. Influenced by cultural Mexican heritage & contemporary artist, Duran maintains a studio practice where he creates 2D & 3D pieces from oil paint, graphite & charcoal, clay, and wood. Known for his draftsmanship and conventionalism, his art work reflects his perception of human sociology. A UTSA graduate with his Bachelor’s Degree in Art, he strives to strengthen communities and create connections to progress his endeavors.
Abel Duran has helped plan and create the SA Zoo murals (March 2020 – April 2021), Worked with You Name It Specialties to create a large oil painting of the San Antonio Skyline (Nov. 2022- Feb. 2023). Currently he receives & creates commission work and displays his art in local galleries.
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Artist Style: Literary; Music: Acoustic, Alternative Rock, Big Band, Blues, Classic Rock, Classical, Folk, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hip-Hop/Rap, Jazz, Latin/Spanish, Mariachi, Opera, Regional Mexican, Rock, Salsa, Soul/R&B; Street Art: Surrealistic, Symbolic; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Private Lessons, Workshop Presenter; Theatre: Comedy, Drama, Musicals; Visual Art: Abstract, Contemporary, Decorative/Ornamental, Dream Imagery/Ethereal, Environmental, Experimental, Expressionistic, Figurative, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Formalism, Illustrative, Impressionistic, Minimalism, Narrative/Historical, Non-Objective, Photo-Based Painting, Portraiture, Representational, Site-Specific, Still Life
Artist Statement of Work
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For inspiration Abel Duran Jr. reflects from his aesthetics, environment, cultural surroundings, and ever-growing genre art book collection. The process of any or mostly all of the art pieces began as an idea that is sketched, then color, form, and line-work come in to play to get a visual representation of how the organic or structured composition could look like before the piece is even started. Always learning and wanting to understand all sides of perspective, Duran uses the freedom of Art to analyze, express, contemplate, debate, and shed light on subjects that receive little to know recognition because of moder-day values and morals.
Culturally Specific Art Category
Select Culturally Specific Art Category:: Hispanic or Latino/a/x