Today Jose Luis Romo Martin was born in 1954, in Chilcuautla, and was of indigenous Otoni- Hnanhu heritage. He was a Surrealist graphic artist, sculptor and painter. He attended the Instituto Politecnico Nacional and became the exhibit director there. Gunther Gerszo was a mentor and influence to Jose Luis Romo Martin, in his life as well as his work.
He used a chromatic scale in his work employing blood red or grass green to interrupt the (perhaps) monotony of the sienna browns and gold. His work looks back on his childhood upbringing, focusing primarily on events and landscapes with fantasy allusions and elements.
Romo Martin taught painting to the Otomi community. He founded the Ixmiquilpan Culture House. His work has been exhibited throughout Mexico. Romo died at age 62.
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