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    Larry Renzo Lewis was born on April 11, 1953 in Martinez, California and raised in the Bay Area of California. He has resided in Brisbane, Queensland Australia for one year, Yelapa, Jalisco Mexico for six years and in.San Diego, California for nine years. He is the youngest of three brothers, his father a retired Baptist pastor and house painter, raised the boys in a conservative and strict religious environment.

   Renzo’s paintings express and communicate his observations of what he believes to be the basic qualities that separate humanity from the inanimate. His passion of Latin America continues to be a catalyst for his work.
  
Renzo’s images are opaque with transparent over lays to form composites, ranging from the figurative to abstract expressionism. In his 39 years of painting Renzo has experimented with a variety of techniques and styles. He has always used water paints because of his connection with their unique qualities on the canvas. Building layer upon layer a process of construction and illustrated depth, Renzo depicts metaphors and variables on relationships, spirituality, intent, even tribal similes. Renzo’s practice of alchemy by using brush strokes and scratching at the surface of the canvas to produce a primal nature to these imaginary vehicles, carry the ever illusive inspiration for each painting.
  
Renzo has no formal academic education in the fine arts, but began addressing his artistry as a profession early on in life, represented by his first gallery before graduating from high school. During the same time he worked as an Editorial Cartoonist for the local news paper.

   Renzo has shown work throughout California and is in the permanent collections of the de Young Museum in San Francisco the Crocker Museum in Sacramento. His work is in the ongoing exhibition for the Kaiser Corporation as well as public and commercial galleries in Chicago, Kentucky, Germany and in Mexico.
While painting, he has held various positions within the visual arts including: illustrator, art director, graphic designer, exhibit designer and as an instructor and the career development administrator at The Art Institute of California, in San Diego, California. He was responsible for faculty management, curriculum development and undergraduate instruction.

Currently Renzo is residing in Southern, California where he is painting full time,
Renzo’s creations portray a level of tactile skill and competence which evokes a personal involvement from the viewer.

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