The artist of this painting is Luis Jimenez, he was born July 30th 1940 in El paso, Texas. Luis from an early age worked in his father’s neon sign making shop and witness the vibrant music and dance festivals in his community. Luis recieved schloastic awards for his art as a high schooler in 1957 and 1958 before studying architecture at the University of Texas. Luis began creating the majority fo his art in 1966 and the years after, that is when he became most recognized. This piece of art was shown in the Fort Wayne Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Much of Luis’s art was devoted to his Mexixan heritage, always incorporating latino and latina people in his art. This snake to him represents a snake you might find in the desert in El paso, the snake is has very vibrant colors and unrealistic to snake that you may come across. I chose Luis Jimenez because that fact that his work is heavily influenced by his own culture which is hispanic culture, he opened up a world of art for hispanic people which to me is admirable. When putting together my snake, I used a fettling knife to make make lines on the back of the snake resembling scales, which I glazed using colors blue dawn, Grapel, Tuxedo and tamale. One obstacle I faced when creating this snake was making the tongue of the snake, to make the tongue I cut a thin piece of clay and smoothed it out with my hands, then I scored and slipped it on the face of the snake.