Jose Trujillo was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1982, and moved to the United States of America with his family when he was nine-years-old. He currently lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and son.

Jose is a self-taught artist, who became interested in light, color, and motion at a very young age. As a young artist, he began visiting museums and studying the paintings of the old masters, finding that he was drawn to the Impressionist’s “blurry” view of the world. Observing the color and style of these paintings transformed how he looked at his world. Once he saw the depth of color in the Impressionist’s view of the sky, he was hooked. After viewing the Impressionist artwork, he was unable to view the majestic skies of Arizona without spending hours contemplating their beauty.

 

I paint because I love nature and life. I love everything that surrounds us. A perfect day for me involves nothing more than looking at a subject until its true essence reveals itself to me as the colors become vibrant and I truly “see” the subject. I believe a painting should represent the subject and its relationship to the world— it should be a celebration of its existence in the universe in the best possible light. I hope I am able to convey this in my work, and strive to do so with every painting I create.