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Artist StatementNote
From: Diego & Cara Romero [mailto:romeroartprojects@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 1:12 PM
To: healthinaging@sbcglobal.net; Scott Shields <sshields@crockerartmuseum.org>
Cc: Robert Nichols <robert@robertnicholsgallery.com>; Gallery <gallery@robertnicholsgallery.com>
Subject: Diego Romero: Follow Up
Dear Loren and Scott,
I am writing to follow up on the recent conversation about Diego’s vessel and limited edition lithograph, both depicting
California colonial history of Junipero Serra and both titled, “Saints and Sinners”. In speaking with Robert Nichols today,
he is in agreement to sell the vessel at the reduced price for the Crocker Art Museum and Diego will be contributing the
lithograph from his personal collection.
In 2015, during the controversial canonization of Junipero Serra, Diego and I followed the news and the outcry from
Native California tribes calling for the Catholic church and the state of California to tell an accurate story of the brutal
colonization of California coastlines during the Mission period. During the same year, Diego was asked to show new
works in Southern California at SCRIPPs invitational‐he was called to make a piece about California Native history and so
he made his first piece about California Indians. I was so proud as his wife and as a Native American from a Mission
Tribe in Southern California. Much like he has championed Pueblo versions of history, this is one of the only pieces I
have ever seen that speaks to California Native viewpoints. It is so powerful and moving. He says, “It would be a dream
come true for it to be part of a collection in California’s capital,” and that he can’t think of a more fitting environment.
Over the past two years, Diego has been working on a series of limited edition lithographs with the world‐renowned
Landfall Press. Owner and master printmaker, Jack Lemon, was so moved by the piece, he hand selected the original
drawing as the basis for a new limited edition, 3‐color, lithograph made last year.
In short, he would be honored for the two pieces to go to the Crocker Art Museum. All parties on this end are in
agreement to include both pieces in a sale for $11,000 plus shipping. The bowl retails at $14,000 and the lithograph at
$1100, so the savings to Loren and the overall investment would be over $4000.
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Please let us know if you have any questions or need any more information. Loren, it was a delight to meet you and we
thank you for your support and advocacy.
Sincerely,
Diego & Cara Romero
romeroartprojects@gmail.com