I met Miguel in 2000, when I acquired one of his pieces for the Overland Park Convention Center.  He was renting a studio at Leedy Voulkos then and doing the most amazing figurative work, especially for someone so young.  He still is doing amazing work, he’s just doing it in Las Vegas.  These are pieces from his latest show, at the Fallout Gallery there.  It was covered recently in the Las Vegas Sun.

Miguel’s an exceptional talent who may move back to KC someday.  Like a lot of artists in Vegas, he bemoans the lack of culture and the excess of tinsel, but all towns have their drawbacks.  Whether he does move back here or not, I’d like to find a way to work with him again.  Quite a dude.