Fernanado Orozco
“Cholillo”

My Name is Fernando Orozco Cantu An Here Is My Art Story How I be Came and artist I'm Correctly in The State Of Texas Known As TDC been in these place for more then 2 Decades. but back in 2007 an inmate who is From Central American, His Mother Passed Of Way Close to Father's Day he had not Money to Send a Fathers day Present at this time we both were at sag and there were Few Hispanic inmates who Knew How to Draw Portraits on Black An White Color, But no one of this Inmates Draw one For Free. So Two Weeks Before Fathers Day this Guy was showing me his Family pictures and I came to past one of his Mother whom I knew had passed few Weeks ago and I asked him if he wanted me to hold on that picture I was going to send that picture to one of my Friends who was in a different wing because I knew my friend could draw so I was going to Pay him so he could help me to do this portrait and give it to this other guy so he can send it to his Father for Father's Day A portrait of his Mother but I decided to give it a try and see if I could do it on my own I had always want to learn how to do portraits I had always love art but never ever try it before but I want to do mines on color so l pulled out sheets of drawing Paper and started to draw the out line once I see that the out line came out good not perfect but it was good I went on and started to go on over with pencil color it took me almost 6 full Days but at the end of the journey them Result's show me that I could do what I never though I could do DRAW FACES, COLOR PORTRAITS WHEN I sent the picture back to this Central American, inmate. he started to Crying when he saw A PORTRAIT OF HIS NOW DECEASED MOTHER HE WENT ON AND SHOWED TO FEW OTHER INMATES WHOM WE'RE THERE WITH US AND BY TIME I KNEW OTHER INMATES STARTED TO COME TO ME BASKING ME TO DO SOME ART WORK FOR THEM IS BEEN NOW ALMOST 19 YEARS, SINCE AND NOW IS HOW I ALSO BEEN HELPING MY SELF I NOW CREATED MY ON STYLE AND DO ORIGINAL ART ALL WATER COLOR DONE BY BRUSH I MIX MY OWN COLORS AND HERE IS SOME OF MY ART HOPE YOU ALL LIKE MY WORK THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY ON SHOWING MY ART MY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU FERNANDO OROZCO