About the Artist
Pablo Romero is a native New Mexican. He was born on Christmas day while his parents were visiting his grandmother in Bernalillo, New Mexico. Pablo currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has lived in San Francisco, California, Key West, Florida and South Padre Island, Texas. After high school he enlisted in the military and spent a few exciting years as a radioman on the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence chasing drug smugglers and rescuing refugees in the Caribbean waters near Cuba and Haiti. After the military, Pablo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Albuquerque and completed a graduate certificate program in Leadership Education from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He enjoys anything exotic and likes traveling to hot and tropical places like the Caribbean and Mexico. Over the years Pablo has worked in a variety of occupations from an education administrator to a real estate broker. His life has had many twists and turns however, he always finds his way back to his one true love. Art!
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Education
The University of Albuquerque, BA Psychology
Harvard University, Cert. Educational Managment
Galleries & Affiliations
NM Art League
NM Veteran's Art
About My Art
My art is an extension of my inner emotions, personality, experience and soul. Often, I will go for months without picking up a brush. Nonetheless, I have found this time is not spent idle. My mind is constantly gathering snippets of information sights, sound, smells, emotions that are filed away in my mind’s eye and eventually they reach a critical Mass. These bits of information can be as simple as a perfect sunflower that I grew in my backyard this past Summer or the sound and smell of burning rubber, as I slam on my brakes to avoid an accident or the feelings of helplessness when I experienced the sad look on my daughter’s face as she grieved the death of her pet mouse Lucy. I am fascinated by anything strange or unusual. My eyes are naturally drawn to intense color or texture. Often, I will collect interesting objects ... an old rusty license plate, a dry seedpod, a scrap of twisted metal, or an old vintage photograph. It may take days, months or even years but eventually they will be incorporated into a future work of art. It is difficult to say exactly what will inspire me and eventually become part of a piece of art. To the casual observer my art seems spontaneous. However, I work at a feverish pace because I have already consciously or subconsciously worked out much of the detail in my mind’s eye. I will frequently start and finish a painting or sculpture in a single sitting. For me the creative process causes an unbearable itch that only painting or sculpting can reach and soothe. I keep scratching (painting/sculpting) until the itch goes away then, the cycle starts all over again.