ARTWORK > PAINTING

016 Las Flores
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
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acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
#acrylic painting
acrylic on wood panel
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12"x12"
2017
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12"x12"
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12"x12"
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12"x12"
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12"x12"
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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12"x12"
2017
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2017
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12"x12"
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12"x12"
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12"x12"
2017
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acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
#acrylicpainting #contemporarypainting #Texasart
acrylic on wood panel
24"x24"
2018
#04 Compass
acrylic on wood panel
24"x24"
2018
031
graphite on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
El Rio Bravo
Mixed Media on Wood
4"x24"x24"
2008
El Rio Bravo 
detail
Mixed Media on Wood
4"x24"x24"
El Rio Bravo
Mixed Media on Wood
4"x24"x24"
2008
#acrylic painting
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Y Los Papeles
acrylic on paper
2017
Shared Space
Mixed Media on Canvas
42"x42"
2016
This of the Fence
Mixed Media
90x70
2017
painting, south texas, jesus de la rosa,landscape, abstract
mixed media on canvas
H52"xL52"
2007
acrylic paint,abstract art, painting, landscape, south texas, painter,
acrylic, vellum, sharpie on wood panel
H19"xL29"
2006
acrylic paint,abstract art, painting, landscape, south texas, painter,
acrylic, vellum, sharpie on wood panel
H19"xL29"
2006
acrylic paint,abstract art, painting, landscape, south texas, painter,
acrylic, vellum, sharpie on wood panel
H19"xL29"
2006
Coatlique 
detail
Mixed Media on Wood
2006
acrylic paint,abstract art, painting, landscape, south texas, painter,
mixed media on panel
H48"xW90"
2005
painting, south texas, jesus de la rosa,
mixed media on canvas, private collection
70"x90"
2011
painting, south texas, jesus de la rosa,
mixed media on canvas, private collection
48"x60"
2011
painting, south texas, jesus de la rosa,landscape, abstract,borderlands, mexico
acrylic on panel
24"x24"
2010
painting, south texas, jesus de la rosa
mixed media on panel, private collection
H24"xL24"
2009
painting, south texas, jesus de la rosa
acrylic on panel, private collection
H24"xL24"
2007
Migration Continued
Mixed Media
19x30
Los Papeles
Mixed Media
60x44
2017

PAINTING

My paintings are layered explorations of identity, memory, and cultural overlap, deeply influenced by the experience of living in South Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border. I utilize an abstract visual language to investigate the dynamic interplay between structural order and spontaneous expression and the balance between precision and improvisation. Each composition is constructed through processes of accumulation and excavation—surfaces are built up with paint, pattern, and mark-making, then intentionally disrupted, scraped, or re-exposed. This method reflects the stratified nature of memory and the inheritance of culture.

Guided by a sensitivity to color, rhythm, and texture, my work merges gestural abstraction with architectural fragments, geographic markers, and symbolic motifs. The resulting imagery evokes the character of urban landscapes, woven textiles, and shifting terrains, suggesting movement across geographic, historical, and psychological boundaries. Painting is a way of storytelling and functions as a site where personal history intersects with collective experience, where surfaces simultaneously register presence and absence.

This body of work embraces contradiction, fluidity, transformation, and coexistence—qualities that mirror the lived reality of cultural hybridity. In bridging similarities and differences, I seek to construct meaning and articulate a sense of belonging within a complex and ever-shifting cultural landscape.

-Jesús De La Rosa