Del Rio Architect Opens Art Exhibit at Black Swan Bar in Downtown San Angelo

SAN ANGELO, TX — Adrian Jesus Falcon (pronounced fal – cone), an artist from Del Rio embarked on a journey 16 years ago to promote the visual arts to develop a better understanding of structure and design for our youth. He runs his own gallery just south of the bridge across the Southern Pacific rail line, heading into downtown Del Rio, in the Glenn-Dowe House. It’s a wooden-framed structure that has been a Del Rio landmark since 1901 with a Texas Historical Marker to celebrate it. There over the years, Falcon’s art developed from the structural to more abstract. Or, some will suggest Falcon’s abstract style became more refined.

His newest paintings, all in abstract with some structural adornments, are on display at the Black Swan in San Angelo this month, ahead of Falcon’s Friday, Oct. 14 “Pets-N-Kids” showing.

Falcon was trained to be an architect at Texas Tech University, graduating with that degree in 1996. Designing higher end homes around the country, from Texas to Florida to Illinois is how he earns a living. But as his painting becomes more popular, Falcon is stepping out more as an artist than architect.

In Del Rio, he opened an instructional service in his childhood neighborhood of San Felipe. There, Falcon said he desires to “introduce art theory and education to youth on a global platform. Engaging youth in art from a global perspective will emphasize commonalities shared by all peoples and at the same time understanding of differences within various cultures and subcultures.” What Falcon really means is he wants to offer the opportunity for art to enrich children’s lives and inspire them just as it did for him as a child.

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Above: Abstract paintings by Adrian Jesus Falcon, 2016. (LIVE! Photo/Joe Hyde)

He’s taken his 2015 San Felipe initiative a step further. In Falcon’s ancestral home in Ixmiquilpan, Mexico, he founded the Falcon Arte Centre. According to Falcon, he went to visit his ancestral home and found the availability of art wanting. The streets were drab, he said. Now, armed with a desire to teach, Falcon makes two 48-hour round trips per year via bus through the interior of Mexico from Del Rio’s sister city of Acuña to manage his Mexico venture. A large public mural is a project that’s planned—to combat the drabness and restore Ixmiquilpan’s soul, Falcon would say.

Friday, Falcon introduces his art to San Angelo at the Black Swan Wine Bar, 118 S. Chadbourne. The show begins at 7 p.m.

Jim Bass Ford is underwriting the exhibit and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Falcon’s pieces will benefit the San Angelo CritterShack Rescue, an animal rescue charity.

To learn more about Falcon, visit his website and follow him on Facebook.