“As an artist, I really love what I do…”
June Gomez
“I rarely call it work. When I paint for a client it is my personal mission to see that each client is happy with the final outcome of all of the creative ideas that we have discussed. I have never been one to charge by the hour and I am committed to giving each client a firm price and sticking to my estimate regardless of excess time spent. I spend as much time as necessary in the sketch stage before any thing goes on the wall or canvas. We work together, to bring to a visual reality, whatever my client's imaginative wishes may be.”
June Gomez is a long time Bay-Area resident and a native Californian. Her creative talents were evident to those close to her at an incredibly young age. In school as well as home, June was always finding ways to express her creativity. A sketch book was her traveling companion in her youth. Art classes were a constant in her school schedules throughout the years. June followed her dream and attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco after high school. Her commitment to her life dream earned her a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in Illustration. June has always had her self-employed art business to keep the creative flow going. Her productive 30-year career includes commercial and residential mural painting, illustration and custom fine art. A 20year marriage and 3 grown sons and a daughter-in-law, June feels she now has the energy and time to pursue her goal of illustrating children’s books. Her first illustrated book,” What if Strawberries had no Hats?” was published in 2019.
“June uses her artistic talent to enliven the visual art of storytelling herein with the creation of Strawberry and all the supportive fruit friends in “What If Strawberries Had No Hats”
What if Strawberries Had No Hats?, a quick-witted, fanciful tale, which highlights childhood cancer awareness. Intended for younger school-age children, the verse is light-hearted, candid and simply educational.
A portion of all sales proceeds is contributed to the University of California, Benioff Childrens Hospital
Quanah Parker
This painting was started as a project at an Airbrush seminar that I attended in San Francisco. The man in the painting is Quanah Parker. He was one of the last free chiefs of the Comanche Tribe .I decided to paint a picture of Quanah Parker because there are many photos of him, and a few painted portraits, but I had never seen a portrait that I felt really captured his spirit. His mother was a white woman that had been kidnapped by the Comanches as a 9 year old child. Cynthia Ann Parker grew up with the tribe and conformed to their ways. As a young woman, she married the chief Peta Nokona.
As the white settlers and the cavalry set westward, Quanah took his band and resisted as long as they could. Cynthia Ann Parker known to the people as “Nadua” and her child, “Prairie Flower” had been re-captured by the white settlers during a raid. Her baby daughter soon died of pneumonia. Cynthia -Ann died in her new “captivity” of a broken heart and a broken spirit Even though Quanah was a “half-breed”, his heart was Comanche. When it was apparent that there was no possible victory, Quanah surrendered his people with a heavy heart.
After understanding his mother’s history, Quanah decided that, if his mother was able to learn and adjust to the ways of “The People”, he could find a way to help his people adjust to the new unfamiliar ways of the “White Man”. He was instrumental in helping his tribe get used to the new life and be treated fairly. He grew to understand and participate in the new ways of justice and commerce. As I created this painting, I put my heart into it. Quanah Parker happens to be my great- great grandfather. There were times during the creation of this piece that I felt our spirits touch. All lithographs are signed and numbered
There are prints available of this piece