Rudy Montoya

From the internet. "Rudy Montoya, Jr. has been called “a poet with a pen." He knew from earliest childhood that he wanted to be an artist and few artists have so graphically captured the spirit, the feeling, the essence of the Southwest more than Rudy Montoya, Jr.His distinctive style and unique treatment of his subjects, all of which are pencil, pen and ink, or pen and ink and watercolor, make a Montoya instantly recognizable. His subjects have included children, animals, old people and old buildings, cowboys and western scenes. But during the last decade, he became internationally known for his Native Americans. Rudy was El Paso's undisputed “favorite son," artist and ambassador of good will.