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Depicted here are the last 3 Mexican Generals or "Comandantes" of Mexican California prior to the Yankee Conquest. They are (l to r) Pablo de la Guerra, Salvador Vallejo, and Andrés Pico. They were later commissioned as Generals in the California Militia following the conquest of California, as set forth in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848. They are shown seated with Mission Carmel in the background with a setting sun (symbolizing the end of the Mexican Era) The Mission is overlaid with the 3 colors of the Mexican Flag...red, white, and green. This scene is in my mural of California Military History painted for the California State Military Museum, Old Sacramento, California.

I have been interested in art ever since I was six years old in my native rural Kansas. I always knew what I wanted to be in life...and that was to be an artist. I am an eclectic artist, always experimenting in the creation of my art and subject matter. I love exploring all kinds of subject matter from the vast “banquet table of life.” One comes this way only once, so I love to reach out and grab any and everything that grabs my fancy at any given moment to explore creatively. The closest I come to concentrating on any single subject is about my love of the Mexican people and culture, especially after being married to a lovely and inspiring Californian of Mexican descent for many years now. My art education and training has...