LIONEL SOSA | CINCO DE MAYO

ON VIEW MAY 5 - JUNE 5, 2022

AnArte Gallery is honored to present Lionel Sosa’s solo exhibition, “Cinco de Mayo.” Please join us for an opening reception on Thursday, May 5th from 4-6 pm. Tequila Cocktails & Mexican Martini Reception, with Music by George Prado. Help Lionel Sosa celebrate his Declaration of Independence from the advertising world on Thursday, May 5th at Anarte Gallery!

Lionel is a full-time portrait artist now and has been preparing 3 years for his first-ever solo show.

At last, I’m free to fulfill my life-long dream of painting portraits full-time. I’ve been drawing, sketching, and painting all my life hoping to have my own show one day. Having Ana invite me to do it is a big honor for me. My wife, Kathy encouraged me and I’m very grateful to her. She’s given me the privilege of showing with her in the past, but this is a first.

The show consists of 31 portraits painted in San Antonio, Castroville, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. They range in size from 16”x24” to 5’x5’ and are all framed and painted in oil on fine linen.

Kathy and Lionel both studied under master portrait painters, Nelson Shanks, and Kerry Dunn in Philadelphia. Currently, they are working together on a 5-panel mural (each panel 12’ by 26’) to be finished in porcelain tile for the San Pedro Creek Cultural Park in downtown San Antonio, behind the Spanish Governor’s Palace.