UGómez Lara ungumsunguli nomgqugquzeli wesikole saseSaltillo sama-watercolorists.
Umdwebi, owazalelwa enhloko-dolobha yeRiphabhulikhi, uyawuthanda lo mhlaba, awuthatha eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu edlule. Uchungechunge lwakhe "iSaltillo 400", "iLa Catedral de Santiago" kanye "neSaltillo Romántico" lunenani eliphindwe kabili: ubuhle nobumlando, njengoba kuqopha ukuvela kwedolobha okwenzeke isikhathi eside.
“Bengifuna ukudweba abantu bakithi futhi ngale ndlela ngixhumane nabo; kimi kubalulekile futhi kuyadingeka, ngoba bangabantu abakhuluma ulimi olufanayo, abahluphekayo, abajabulelayo futhi abaphila ngefilosofi efanayo. Nge-watercolor - njalo kuyinselelo-- ngiyakwazi ukuzwakalisa kangcono, ngaphandle kokubukela phansi ezinye izindlela ”.
Emashumini amaningi eminyaka edlule amehlo omdwebi nomhlaba wasemadolobheni - u-Alfonso Gómez Lara y Saltillo– baba nokuhlangana kwabo kokuqala, ukuhlangana okuthele izithelo ebuhlotsheni obude kwaxazululwa ngochungechunge olulandelanayo lwemidwebo yedolobha ethathwe ekubulaweni okuphindwe kabili kokuwohloka futhi uguquko. Lolu chungechunge lwama-watercolor, asevele aguqulwe aba ama-lithographs, anda ngezinkulungwane izingxenyana ezithandekayo nezifanekisela iSaltillo. Zamukelwa njengezimpawu zokuzazisa, ukukhiqizwa kwama-watercolor kaGómez Lara kuyingxenye yezimpahla zasendlini zamakhulu emizi, kukhanyisa amahhovisi futhi kuhlobisa ama-albhamu nezindonga.
Umakhi wezakhiwo ngokuqeqeshwa - omunye wemisebenzi yakhe ebalulekile kwaba ukubuyiselwa kweCathedral of Saltillo - kanye nomdwebi kusukela esemncane kakhulu, lapho ebuka izindawo zaseLa Merced naseCandelaria de los Patos, futhi wabona imidwebo yabaculi abangaziwa.
Umthombo: I-Aeroméxico Tips No. 31 Coahuila / summer 2004
