Lorenzo Chavez

 

Lorenzo Chavez biography

Lorenzo Jose Chavez was born and raised in New Mexico.  His inherited connection to the colorful and historic Southwest as well as seeing the art of the Taos Society of Artists works as a young boy in Albuquerque was the catalyst for his art career.  He graduated with honors from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1983 and continued his art education at the newly founded Arts Students League of Denver starting in 1987.

Chavez has been an active professional fine artist for over 40 years. He has participated in many national invitational group exhibitions including the Pastel Society of America at The National Arts Club in New York City, Artists of America Show in Denver, Plein Air Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibitions, Albuquerque Art Museum, Gilcrease Museum, Butler Art Museum, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, the Brinton Museum, the Booth Museum, Yellowstone Art Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum, Steamboat Art Museum,  Taos Art Museum,  Laguna Art Museum, Pastel Guild of Europe, Phippen Museum Arizona Cape Cod Art Museum, High Desert Museum Oregon, Leigh Yawke Museum, Glacier Art Museum Montana, Colorado History Museum, Loveland Art Museum, Phippen Museum, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Artist of the West Exhibitions- Featured Artist  Pioneer Museum Colorado Springs, Hilbert Museum of California Art, A.R. Mitchell Museum, Coors Western Art Show in Denver, Gallery East at USU, Utah, Trailside Galleries, Legacy Gallery and Settlers West Gallery, Blue Rain Gallery, Invitationals.  In addition, he was featured in a successful on-man show at the C.M. Russell Museum. He has participated successfully in several C.M. Russell Art Auctions and Coeur d’Alene Art Auctions.  His work is featured in articles in Southwest Art, Artists of the West, Pastel Journal, American Artist, Plein Air Magazine and Art-Talk. The Denver Gazette. Books include, Pure Pastel 1&2, Pratique de Arts France, Colorado Landscapes, Beautiful Landscapes Painted Outdoors.

Chavez was raised in Albuquerque New Mexico and has an affection for the surrounding vicinity.  He has many fond memories of time spent hiking and distant running in these areas and feels that it was a major influence on his decision to become a landscape painter.

His suggestive renderings and fluent technique in both oil and pastel have earned him numerous awards and many devoted collectors throughout the United States and he is considered by many to be the west’s premier pastel painter.  He has been the recipient of awards and honors from such notable groups at the Pastel Society of America, American Tonalist Society, Pastel Society of Europe, California Art Club, American Impressionist Society, The Russell Fine Art Auction, and numerous pastel societies across the United States, Society de Pastelists France, Pastel Society of Europe, The C.M. Russell Auction, and Artists of the West Pioneer Museum.

Chavez is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, Signature Member of the California Art Club, Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, and the Pastel Society of Spain.  He was also a member of the Northwest Rendezvous of Art and a past Signature member of The Plein Air Painters of America,

Chavez’s work is featured in six galleries in the United States and is included in many prominent Private National and International, Corporate, University, and Museum Collections such as The Western History Collection in the Denver Public Library, Children’s Hospital of Denver, Phippen Museum Arizona, Mesa State University Art Collection, The Children’s Hospital Denver. Hockaday Art Museum Montana, Koshare Museum in La Junta and The Phippen Museum Arizona.

Lorenzo has taught numerous workshops across the United States, Including the Arts Students League of Denver, Scottsdale Artists School, Fechin Art School, Art in the Aspens, IAPS, Masterworks, The Plein Air Convention.

 

Available paintings:

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“Platte River Winter”
Lorenzo Chavez
pastel  16″ x 18″
$3,200

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“The Warmth Of The Sun”
Lorenzo Chavez
oil  24″ x 36″
$9,000

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“Connected To The Wind And Earth”
Lorenzo Chavez
oil  15 1/2″ x 19 1/2″
$4,500

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“Yellow Sky”
Lorenzo Chavez
oil  19 1/2″ x 15 1/2″
$4,500

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“Autumn Harmony”
Lorenzo Chavez
oil  19 1/2″ x 15 1/2″
$4,500

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“Canyon de Domingo Baca”
Lorenzo Chavez
oil  15 1/2″ x 19 1/2″
$4,500

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“High Country Aspen”
Lorenzo Chavez
pastel  16″ x 24″
SOLD

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“The Days Ahead”
Lorenzo Chavez
pastel  18″ x 24″
$5,000

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“San Jose de la Garcia Church At Las Trampas”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  12″ x 16″
$3,500

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“Along The Cherry Creek”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  18″ x 24″
$5,000

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“Moonrise At Dusk”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  20″ x 24″
$6,000

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“Third Mesa”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  12″ x 16″
$3,500

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“March Wind”
Lorenzo Chavez
pastel  20″ x 30″
$7,000

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“The Journey”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  16″ x 20″
$4,500

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“Midday Light In Winter”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  16″ x 20″
$4,500

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“Shadows On The Mesa”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  16″ x 20″
$4,500

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“Spring Creek”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  16″ x 20″
$4,500

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“West Side Albuquerque”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  12″ x 16″
$3,500

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“San Jose Church”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  16″ x 20″
$4,500

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“State Line Road”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  16″ x 12″
$3,500

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Interested in any of these paintings, call us 602-730-2451 or email us sales@artzline.com.

 

Sold paintings:

“Light On The Mesa”
Lorenzo Chavez
pastel  14″ x 24″
SOLD

 

“Sun, Silence And Adobe”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  12″ x 16″
SOLD

 

“Light Of The World”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  12″ x 16″
SOLD

 

“A Beauty To Stare Into”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  18″ x 8″
SOLD

 

“Ranch At The Base Of The Spanish Peaks”
Lorenzo Chavez
Pastel  18″ x 24″
SOLD

 

“California Cypress”
Lorenzo Chavez
Pastel  12″ x 16″
SOLD

 

“A View From Arroyo Hondo”
Lorenzo Chavez
Oil  10″ x 16″
SOLD

 

 

Notable exhibitions include:

• Pastel Society of Spain
• Pastel Society of France
• Artists of America Show in Denver
• Rims to Ruins Exhibition
• Plein Air Painters of America
• Buffalo Bill Center for the West
• Albuquerque Art Museum
• Maynard Dixon Country
• 100 Gold Medal Exhibition at The Pasadena Art Museum
• The Brinton Museum
• Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
• The Brinton Museum
• Coors Show in Denver
• Butler Art Museum
• Laguna Art Museum
• Gilcrease Museum
• Steamboat Art Museum
• Cape Cod Art Museum