Fred Villanueva Arts Slide Galleries                 Click on the thumbnail images to see slideshows of original work. Enjoy... Caprichos: Digital Chaos Digital Prints celebrating color and serial methods. 2007 Polyptychs: Consumer Society Collage paintings that combine pop and expressionist painting. 2004-7 Western Paintings 2007 Figurative oil paintings that combine pop with expressionist painting. 2003-7 Retablos Small minimal oil paintings on metal panels. 2001-6 Seeds and Symbols Small metaphorical paintings on wooden panels. 2001-6 Watercolors: Consumer Society Figurative watercolor paintings of symbols, figures, and color blended with mark-making. 2001-7 Watercolors 2007: Figuration Gesture watercolor paintings of symbols, figuration, and color blended with mark-making. 2001-7 Magdalenes and Models Figurative oil paintings that combine expressionist painting. 2004-5 Paintings 2003-5 Oil paintings that combine Renaissance, Surreal, Pop, and Roman Catholic images. 2002-5 Paintings 2003-5 Polyptychs Oil paintings that combine Renaissance, Surreal, Pop, and Roman Catholic images. 2003-5 California Digital photographs of food that illustrate the obsession of struggling for resources. 2003 Abs and Errs Medium scale oil paintings that utilize texture, color, line, and curve drawing. 2003 Ingles Basico Collage drawings with prints that use visual, actual, and picture language. 2003 Large Oils 2002-3 Large Scale oil paintings that develop expressionist gesture, color, and imagery. 2002-3 Last Supper Drawings Collage drawings based on details of the Last Suppers by da Vinci and Warhol. 2004 Murals 2002 prog Progressive shots of mural scale works in progress. 2002- Murals 2003 prog Progressive shots of mural scale works in progress. 2003- Philosopher T-shirts 100% Cotton Shirts featuring the names of important philosophers. 2003 Pop Crosses Variations of several different types of crosses painted serially. 2004 Religious Drawings Collage drawings with digital prints that use printed images, drawing, and paint. 2004 Small Crosses Small oil paintings of the Cross, painted serially. 2004 Small Paintings 2002-3 Small oil paintings and oil sketches, abstract, non-objective, expressionist, and figurative. 2002-3 Small Paintings 2004 Small oil and acrylic paintings and sketches that use imagery, symbolism, color, and text. 2004 Contours Prints that explore anthropomorphism, color, and archeological data maps. 1999-2002 Calculated Failures (Details) Conceptually influenced sculptural installations and photographs made with food. 2002 Installation 93-94 Time-based, with food, dirt, and grass, about gender, culture, and environment. 1993-94 Nippon-neon Photography Photo works created while travelling of light, darkness, and environment. 2000-2002 Large Canvases 2001-2 Gesture Oil paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and expression blended with mark-making. 2001-2 Expansion Works II Works that explore drawing, collage, digital reproduction, installation, and color. 2001-2 Paintings 2002 Gesture Oil paintings of portraiture, figuration, color, and expression blended with mark-making. 2001-2 Painting 93-95 Gesture paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography blended with mark-making. 1993-95 Photography 93-95 Various photo works, of everyday life, about gender, culture, and environment. 1993-95 Histories (Reversals) "Expansion" Works that explore drawing, recycled imagery, digital projections. 2001-2 Similarities (Reversals) "Expansion" Works that explore drawing, digital randomization, similarity, video projection. 2001-2 Sculpture 92-95 Steel models for monument scale works, whose meanings are relevant to cultural location. 1992-95 Expansion Works I Works that explore drawing, digital reproduction, similarity, video projection, and color. 2001-2 Watercolors 2001-2 Gesture watercolor paintings of symbols, figuration, and color blended with mark-making. 2001-2 Digital Prints (Similarities) An "expansion" work that explores drawing, digital reproduction, similarity, and color. 2001 Histories Paintings on digital prints that deal with "recycled" imagery, historicity, and individuality. 1996-2000 Lautreamont Drawings for the pivotal text, Les Chants de Maldoror, by Le Comte de Lautreamont. 1996 Large Watercolors 95 Watercolor paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography blended with mark-making.1995 Sketches of Spain Conceptual drawings created while traveling between Madrid and Barcelona in 1998. Codex Madrid Drawings and paintings focusing on color and form created while living in Spain in 1999. NYC watercolors Watercolor paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography, mark-making.1995 The Furies Large mixed-media paintings on paper, exploring color, gesture, line, and emotional pitch. 2001 Paris Madrid Exploratory drawings created while traveling in between France and Spain in 1998. San Francisco Poetic drawings with digital prints exploring pre-Columbian symbolism, folk, and brut. 1996 Snake Prints Digital prints that collage pictures of serpents with drawings and paintings, in progress. 1996- Texas Watercolors Watercolor paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography blended with mark-making.1995 Watercolors 95 Watercolor paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography blended with mark-making.1995 NYC Acrylic Paintings 95 Gesture paintings of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography blended with mark-making. 1995 Paper Painting-Drawings 95 Mixed-media paintings on paper, exploring color, gesture, and folk figuration. 1995 Serie Catala Small exploratory drawings and paintings created while traveling in Catalunya in 1998. Bags Pen drawings on brown paper bags that explore the meaning jazz. 2001 Blue Green Drawings 95 Mixed-media works on paper, exploring color, gesture, and folk figuration. 1995 Blues Blue watercolor paintings and drawings on paper with digital prints. 2000. Blue Spain Prints that exploit and subvert the concepts of original and multiple. 2000 Browns Brown watercolor paintings and drawings on paper with digital prints, created in the year 2000. Brklyn A group of drawings and gouache paintings that explores representation and symbols. 1996. Blue Yellow Paintings Large mixed-media works on paper, exploring color, gesture, line, and emotional pitch. 2001 Coffee Drawings Mixed-media works on paper, exploring line, stain, and drawing. 1999-2001 Cyprus Drawings Small works on paper, exploring color, form, and gesture drawing. 2000-2001 Deceptions Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2001 Digital Purely digital color paintings, painted in 1998, that explore virtual space and brushstrokes. Large Tiled Prints Mixed-media paintings on digital prints that utilize line, and exploit the perspective grid. 2000-2001 Early Work A selection of assorted early paintings and drawings. 1987-1992 Early Painting Early paintings that begin the exploration of concepts and concerns of creativity. Early Concepts Early drawings that begin the exploration of concepts and concerns of creativity. Etchings A selection of etchings created while at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. First Drawings Early drawings that begin the exploration of concepts and concerns of creativity. Figures Early figurative works on paper. Fallacies of Hope Paintings and drawings of symbols, figuration, and iconography blended with mark-making. 2001 Figurative Figurative works on paper. 1993-1995 Figurative II Figurative works on paper. Figuration Works on paper of symbols, figuration, color, and iconography with mark-making. 1993-1995 Green Mansions Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2001 Sketches 2000a Graphite drawings on paper sketchbook pages from a travel journal, kept between 1999 and 2001. Sketches 99-2001b Graphite drawings on paper sketchbook pages from a travel journal, kept between 1999 and 2001. Bijutsu (Japanese Color Paper) A collection of graphite and wash drawings created while traveling through Japan in 2000. Bijutsu (de Kanji) Works that explore gesture, line, form, ethereal form, and transitional existence. Japan 2000. Manga (Japan) Gestural paintings that explore the simplicity of line, on found manga pages, in Japan. 2000 Bijutsu (Japan-NY) Collaged drawings that explore gesture, color, form, language, and perspective. Japan 2000 Bijutsu (Japan Paintings) Small watercolor and gouache paintings that explore color, created while traveling through Japan in 2000. Bijutsu (Small Japanese) Small watercolor paintings on found paper that explore color, line, and language. Japan 2000. Louvre Notes Studies made after various French Academics, including Ingres, David, and Gros. 1998 Madrid Exploratory drawings and paintings created while living in Spain in 1999. Moncloa Exploratory drawings and paintings created while living in Spain in 1999. Mervyn Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2001 Orange Murals Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2000 Passages Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, and perspective. 2001 Pastels Pastel drawings on paper of gestural strokes and movements, created in 1992. Paris Sketches (Paris-Firenze) Exploratory drawings created while traveling in between Italy and France in 1998. Post Japan Collaged paintings on digital prints that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2000 Pastels 92-95 Pastel drawings on paper of gestural strokes and movements, created in 1992, reworked in 1995. Post-Mexico Pastels Pastel drawings on paper of symbolism and movement made after a trip through Mexico. 1993. Poured Pastels Pastel pigment drawings on paper that explore "random" pourings and splashes, created in 1994. Histories (Digital Video Stills) Video stills of imagery, historicity, and individuality. 1996-2000 Post Mexico 94 Large mixed-media drawings on paper with pop imagery and surface texture. 1994 Sketchbook I Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook X Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook XI Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook XII Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook XIV Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook XV Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook XIX Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook II Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook XX Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook III Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook IV Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook V Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook VI Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook VII Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook VIII Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sketchbook IX Sketchbook pages of drawings in various media. Sculpture Drawings Drawings and sketches that explore color, form, volume, and sculpture. 1996 SFAI Drawings A selection of drawings created while at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. Small's Jazz Graphite on paper sketches that explore gesture and form, and jazz. 2001 Small Paintings A selection of small paintings that experiment with surface, texture, and color. 1992-1995 SF Watercolors An incomplete selection of watercolor paintings created in San Francisco. Visages Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2001 Vinyl Paintings Mixed-media paintings on vinyl, exploring color, gesture, and surface. 1995 Video Prints Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore video, gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2001 Yesterdays Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2001 Yellow-Green Murals Collaged "cut-up" drawings that explore gesture, color, form, drawing, and perspective. 2000 Yellow Drawings Yellow watercolor paintings and drawings on paper with digital prints, created in the year 2000.