Live Musical Performance By
Izzy Anderson
Musician & Local Artist
Featuring Artist
Robert J. Wilkens
Born in El Paso, Texas as Roberto Dorantes Alonzo, he has become a prolific artist working in San Antonio, Texas. He was given the name Wilkens at age 11 when adopted by his stepfather, and his name since perseveres as a Mexican American with an Anglo last name. Though he enjoys all artistic mediums including drawing, sculpting, and welding, he is an oil painter at heart. His subject matter ranges broadly from abstracts to westerns, still-lives to portraits, landscapes to surrealism, and more. He is well known for his Day of the Dead paintings and Live Art events in various galleries and businesses in and surrounding San Antonio, but also travels for competitions and commissions—his most notable one being the Theater Room in The White House by former First Lady Laura Bush.
