Rene Labrado

Rene Labrado is an award-winning artist, born in Texas, raised in the Southwest, and now living in Redondo Beach, California with his wife Claire. An artist's work, like his personality, develops as the circumstances and experience of early life become material to be drawn upon. Such an artist is Rene Labrado.

Inspiration for his watercolors comes from his early impressions of and appreciation for the architecture and landscapes of the Southwest. Rene is equally comfortable interpreting the ethereal grace of koi swimming among water lilies as he is depicting the beauty of thick-walled adobes in Santa Fe or Taos.

Rene's watercolors capture the essential freshness and energy of his subjects and hold them for the viewer's eye. Space, color, and image are the elements he most respects.

His personal integrity, as well as his craftsmanship as a watercolorist, is demonstrated through a consummate balance of elements. He understands the colors and light of the Southwest, and his regional watercolors reflect the feeling and emotion of one who has lived there and will always call it home.