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This piece was painted in tribute to Santana and his Milagro Foundation that does so much for people. It also is in keeping with my exploration of my mentor's style, Alfredo Arreguin, who uses patterns to balance the experience of the image against other abstracted ideals. In this case, hopefully people experience the love and peace that comes out of Santana's guitar each time he plays.

Doug Johnson as the founding editor of Cave Moon Press, started helping poets with book design, illustration and artwork ten years ago. He has been drawing since he was a teenager and was fortunate enough to encounter Alfredo Arreguin an internationally renowned painter who encouraged him to keep drawing. He has two series you have here on Fine Art of America. His more developed pieces are part of the Sombra de Arreguin series (Shadow of Arreguin) as he continues to study the style of his master, like artisans did in generations past. His other series is called "Cracked Pots" in which a single line drawing comes from a terracotta pot to combine human and organic forms. Originally started as a gift to his younger sister as a...