Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD
Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD
Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD
Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD
Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD
Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD

Carlos Encinas, Jackie N' John, one shot paints, reclaimed wood 25" x 30" 2022 SOLD

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Carlos Encinas (and other ancestors) were born in Mexico, and immigrated legally to the US before the 1924 Immigration Act created the notion of “illegals.” He served in World War II combat in Europe and was awarded the Purple Heart for war wounds suffered. He later worked for the railroad in Tucson for thirty-two years, married my Tucson-born mother, and helped raise our family. He was successful and fulfilled his version of the American Dream. I feel most immigrants are much like my father; they deserve a chance to contribute constructively to American society and enrich our country, the USA.

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Carlos Encinas (and other ancestors) were born in Mexico, and immigrated legally to the US before the 1924 Immigration Act created the notion of “illegals.” He served in World War II combat in Europe and was awarded the Purple Heart for war wounds suffered. He later worked for the railroad in Tucson for thirty-two years, married my Tucson-born mother, and helped raise our family. He was successful and fulfilled his version of the American Dream. I feel most immigrants are much like my father; they deserve a chance to contribute constructively to American society and enrich our country, the USA.

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.