Texican

2014 • 34″ x 17.5″
acrylic, spray paint on used fence pickets

Before coming to the San Antonio, I hadn’t known of the German culture here and in the Hill Country, much less the mixture of Texan, Mexican and German that I understand is part of what is loosely referred to as Tejano. Being of German decent, I fixated mostly on the polka beat and accordion heard in the folk music of this area, reflecting the 19th century German influence in this part of Texas.

Here I combined a German symbol, the fat polka accordionist, with one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Mexican voodoo holiday of Dia de los Muertos. He leans back, squeezing out a happy tune on his Mexican flavored piano accordion.

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2014 • 34″ x 17.5″
acrylic, spray paint on used fence pickets

Before coming to the San Antonio, I hadn’t known of the German culture here and in the Hill Country, much less the mixture of Texan, Mexican and German that I understand is part of what is loosely referred to as Tejano. Being of German decent, I fixated mostly on the polka beat and accordion heard in the folk music of this area reflecting the 19th century German influence in this part of Texas.

Here I combined a German symbol, the gnome, with one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Mexican voodoo holiday of Dia de los Muertos. Proudly he sits on a stump boldly telling us who and what he is.

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