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Artist Bio (Synopsis)
Domingo (b. 1942) is an American painter based in Arizona whose work blends figuration and abstraction with a strong spiritual core. Drawn to art from an early age, he has spent decades developing a distinctive visual language centered on women, horses, and cosmic forms as symbols of life, freedom, and creation. Working primarily in acrylic, Domingo has exhibited widely across the United States, including solo shows in Aspen, Santa Fe, Palm Desert, Scottsdale, Detroit, and Nashville, and has been closely associated with Acacia Fine Arts Galleries. His work is held in numerous private and corporate collections. Domingo’s artworks are represented by Bridgeman Images, London, for reproduction rights and licensing.
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1. What inspires you to create your artwork?
I’ve been drawn to art for as long as I can remember. I started painting playfully around the age of seven, long before I understood it as a profession. Even then, I was responding to beauty, color, and the world around me.
My life as a professional artist truly began on April 17, 1977. I was hitchhiking and was stopped by a state trooper. At that moment, I was at a crossroads in my life. I made a promise to God that if He would give me a way to live freely and be my own boss, I would straighten up and do right. That gift became painting.
I’m inspired by beauty in all its forms — nature, horses, people, babies, children playing, flowers, and especially color. Color speaks to me first, and many of my paintings begin there. I believe there is a spiritual current running through my work. I don’t so much make art as allow it to come through me.
2. Does your practice respond to any specific themes?
Yes, my work consistently returns to three main themes.
Women appear often in my work because I see them as earth angels — the source of life, strength, and compassion on this planet.
Horses represent freedom, strength, resilience, and perseverance. They carry a powerful energy that has always resonated with me.
The universe — planets, space, and eternity — represents creation itself. These elements allow me to explore the connection between human life and something much larger, infinite, and unseen.
3. What mediums do you use to create your artwork?
I work exclusively with acrylic paint. I choose acrylic because it is non-toxic, versatile, and built to last for hundreds of years.
I paint on a wide range of surfaces, including canvas, board, and clothing. If a surface can hold paint and serve the expression, I’m open to working with it.
4. Who are your biggest artistic influences?
My greatest influence is beauty itself. I see it every day in nature — birds, trees, the sky, clouds, mountains — as well as in people, horses, and color.
Artistically, I’ve been influenced by Amedeo Modigliani, especially the way he portrayed the human figure with elegance and elongation, without creating lust. I’m also inspired by Wassily Kandinsky and his belief in the spiritual power of color and form.
Above all, my deepest influence is God. I believe creativity comes from a higher source, and I see myself as a vessel through which art flows.
5. How do you find new inspiration?
I find inspiration in life itself. I paint every day and stay deeply connected to the act of creating.
Inspiration comes through living, observing, reflecting, and remaining open. It can appear in quiet moments, in nature, in conversation, or in stillness. I don’t chase it — I allow it to arrive.
I believe that art doesn’t need us.
We need art.
