Who is Amado M Pena Jr?
Amado Pena Jr.'s art focuses on Hispanic and Native American
figures and has been described as capturing the essence of the
Southwest. Pena, a mestizo of Mexican and Yaqui Indian descent, was
born in 1943 and raised in Laredo, Texas. He earned B.A. and M.A.
degrees at Texas A & I University in Kingsville, Texas and was
an art teacher in Texas public schools for sixteen years.