La Familia

The Works of Joe R. Villarreal

Joe R. Villarreal (American, b. 1953)
La Familia
Oil on canvas
Signed l.r.
46 x 61 ¾ inches

In this snapshot of 1960’s Mexican-American life in South Texas, the viewer sees the joy and chaos of a multigenerational home at Christmas. Breakfast tacos of barbacoa, with tamales, coffee and Big Red are cherished. A humble print of the Last Supper, an out of date wall calendar and a television set with aluminum foil attached to its antennae (improving the picture quality) complete the scene as one of a great wealth…the wealth of family love.