Alejandro Abeledo is a self-taught, San Antonio-based portrait artist and illustrator that works across graphite, charcoal, paint, and digital mediums to explore the unsung shades of interpersonal connection that make up his own life. He began his portrait practice taking on digital portrait commissions for friends and clients, drawing inspiration from the bonds between his clients and his portrait subjects.   His inspiration soon turned inward, and he began a series of charcoal and graphite drawings to examine the nature of his own relationships.