EDUARDO OROPEZA (1947 – 2003) ORIGINAL Framed Oil on Canvas Painting: "Chicago Water Tower" Impressionistic Impasto View of the Chicago Water Tower by famed East L.A. Artist Eduardo Oropeza Excellent Condition 17" x 14" Text or Email with Any Questions.....thank you Due to special packing necessities for framed art items, shipping times may take a few days longer depending on the item and shipping destination location. Email through for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------- The artist: Eduardo Oropeza (1947 - 2003) was a contemporary, well listed artist known for his sculpture as well as his Chicago cityscapes vistas. Raised in California's Silicon Valley and a longtime resident of east LA, Eduardo Oropeza began his academics with Social Studies. After taking an art course, he later had an epiphany, changed majors and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Jose State, specializing at first in sculpture . He followed this with postgraduate work at San Jose, San Diego State at Long Beach and Palomar College. He later moved to painting, and fell in love with Chicago's nighttime skyline cityscape vistas. He captures the twinkling lighting, giving it an ethereally spiritual feel. Selected exhibitions: 2009 "Outsiders Within", Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona 2008 "Nobel Bandidas y Bold Caballeros", Autry Center of Art, LA, California 2005 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 2004 Glenn Green Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2000 Glenn Green Gallery, The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Arizona 1998 "Dos de East Los", Glenn Green Galleries, New Mexico 1996 Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois 1994 America House, Berlin, Germany 1988 Galeria Otra-Vez, Los Angeles, California Gallery Sin Frontera, Austin, Texas 1986 University of California, Los Angeles, California Images, Los Angeles, California Centro-Cultural, Tijuana, MEXICO Raza Gallery, San Diego, California 1985 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTriangle Gallery, San Francisco, California Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTransamerica Gallery, Los Angeles, California Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California Galeria de Ia Palacio, Mexico City, MEXICO 1984 Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, California Cityscape Gallery, Pasadena, California