Carlos Encinas Evel Kan Evil, acrylic paint on aluminum , 37" X 24", 2022

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Carlos paintings are  inspired by current events, popular culture, personal experiences, Latino/ Chicano and border issues. Encinas  is influenced by a large variety of artists in  history as well as contemporary artists found on instagram. My current series of paintings is about Mexican/American border issues, the popular culture of advertising, television, movies, Internet culture, Latino or Mexican American identity, border politics, art and political history, and current events.

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Carlos paintings are  inspired by current events, popular culture, personal experiences, Latino/ Chicano and border issues. Encinas  is influenced by a large variety of artists in  history as well as contemporary artists found on instagram. My current series of paintings is about Mexican/American border issues, the popular culture of advertising, television, movies, Internet culture, Latino or Mexican American identity, border politics, art and political history, and current events.

Carlos Encinas is best known for his public art, a picture book, murals, digital art prints, and paintings displayed in Tucson, Phoenix, and various other locations in the USA. He has worked in a variety of mediums throughout his many years of making art: drawing, painting, illustration, wood, ceramic, steel sculpture, computer art, and furniture construction. He has degrees from the University of Arizona in education and art. He worked as an educator for 30 years. He has worked with multiple artistic themes such as Chicano art, pop art, southwestern art, political art, children’s illustration, and abstract art. His primary influences have been pop artists like the  Mexican muralists Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente. Further Carlos has been influenced by the  German Weimar artists like Paul Klee, August Sander,Max Beckmann, Mondrian, and George Grosz and the WPA artists.