Mexican American artist pushes work in new direction
(WorldNews Mexico)

SANTA FE, N.M. — When Fausto Fernandez looked at his new series of paintings, he felt there was something mysterious about them. The abstract expressionist, who is used to employing bright colors and unconventional materials in his painting/collage hybrids, was now covering large sections of his canvas with solid black. The boldness of the black, he said, gave them that air of mystery. “And when I started thinking of them as bold, I started thinking of them as powerful,â€� Fernandez said during a recent interview from his home in Phoenix. The Mexican American artist grew up in Ciudad Juárez before moving to the U.S. after college. ADVERTISEMENTSkip...