Lorenzo Chávez is a painter based in Colorado who paints the American West and Southwest in both pastels and oils.
His pastels have a nicely painterly feeling, and his oils have a textural quality that, between them, give both a sense of continuity of style. His work has a character of light, air and color that resonates with the history of the California Impressionists and early 20th century painters of the American Southwest.
Chávez conducts plein air and and studio workshops. He will be part of the faculty for the Pastel Track for the Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey, CA, in April, 2014.