ARTWORK > PAINTING

Azulito 01, 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil
24x24
2025
Broken Fence 02 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil,
22”x22”
2025
Dual 03 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil
23”x23”
2025
Varias Maneras 04 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil
24x24
2025
De Dos En Dos 05 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil on Canvas
24”x24”
2025
N Na 06 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil, on Canvas
22”x22”
2025
La Barrera 07 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil, on Cavas
21”x25”
2025
Pin Point 08 2025
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil, on Panel
48"x48"
2025
Franky 2025
Mixed, Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil, Collage, Lithography, Screen Print and Charcoal on Panel
22”x22”
2025
Las Flores 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
La Cerca 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
#acrylic painting
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Lado Rudo 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Cross Road 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Underground 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Copper Fence 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Las Luces 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Easter Feeling 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12x12
2017
Camino De Esperanza 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Dos Puentes 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Cuates 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Boca Chica 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Solazo 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Ropes 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Pond 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Calm 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Sweet Day 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Pink Remolino 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
South / Norte 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Road To Yesterday 2017
Acrylic, Graphite, Colored Pencil, on Panel
12"x12"
2017
Copper Fence 02 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
El Otro Lado Rudo 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Mexican Candy 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
#acrylic painting
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Cotton Candy 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Off Road 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
La Fiesta 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
Crossroad Jubilee 2017
acrylic on wood panel
12"x12"
2017
#acrylicpainting #contemporarypainting #Texasart
acrylic on wood panel
24"x24"
2018
Compass 2018
acrylic on wood panel
24"x24"
2018
La Vanqueta  2017
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
Y Los Papeles
acrylic on paper
2017
Shared Space
Mixed Media on Canvas
42"x42"
2016
This Side 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

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