Ron Elguera’s visual art is provocative, daring, colorful, imaginative, expressive and wonderful all at the same time. To really understand the depth of the genius behind his art, one must first grasp Elguera’s humble beginnings.
Elguera lived in Peru as a youth where he began painting at the age of 10. He followed this with an extensive study of the cello beginning at 18. Elguera says, “My cello studies taught me to absorb the laws of perspective, composition, design, human figure, anatomy, portraiture, color theory and tonal plans.” After a number of years as an actor on the New York stage, Elguera moved to Southwest and graduated from the University of New Mexico, majoring in art and art history. He studied all the great masters from Giotto to Marcel Duchamp and Picasso. Elguera considers himself a greatly diversified artist, with a particular emphasis on portraits. He specializes in the “alla prima” style which requires only one sitting for a portrait.
