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Anita Rodriguez (born 1941) is a Hispanic American artist and painter. Her work incorporates Native American ceremonialism, Mexican mysticism and Hispanic folk art as well as the Penitente art of New Mexico, Native American dances and ceremonies, and Catholic traditions.〔(Artistic Spirit Gallery: Anita Rodriguez's Bio )〕 She has a work in the collection of the New Mexico Capitol Art Collection,〔(New Mexico Capitol Art Collection website )〕 Eteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos. She is also considered to be a specialist in traditional adobe construction and has won awards for her work. == Biography == Rodriguez was born in Taos, New Mexico. Her father's side of the family were "native Hispanic Taoseños" and had been living in the area for many generations.〔 Her mother was a painter from Austin, Texas〔 who relocated to Taos in order to study art with Walter Ufer. Rodriguez was raised Catholic. During Rodriguez's teen years, she went to Mexico City where she spent time painting and learned the styles of Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo. Rodriguez took art at both Colorado College and at the University of Denver.〔 Later, she gave birth to a daughter, Shemai, in 1965. She started her own construction company in Taos in order to support herself and her daughter.〔 Her construction work focused on the use of adobe to create fireplaces and ''nichos''.〔 Even while working on fireplaces, Rodriguez felt that instead of creating something commonplace, that her work was "functional sculpture." After Shemai grew up and left the house, Rodriguez retired from construction and started painting full time.〔 Shemai is currently the webmaster for her mother's website. She later moved to Guanajuato, Mexico〔 in 1996 and left to move back to Taos in 2010.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anita Rodriguez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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