Lamberto Alvarez

Lamberto Alvarez, of Southlake, Texas is a professional artist. His career as an illustrator for major newspapers and book companies across the United States has earned him many national awards, as well as an international reputation as a serious artist. In recent years he has moved from working as an editorial illustrator and illustration director to a fine artist. He owns Lamberto Art and Design, LLC, [ [http://www.lamberto.com/about.htm lamberto.com] ] which sells his acid stain concrete art, and Solare Media [ [http://www.lamberto.com/print/index.htm lamberto.com] ,] which publishes covers for children's books.

Lamberto was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He attended the University of Texas - El Paso. Lamberto currently resides in Southlake with his wife, Elizabeth, and their daughter, Veronica. Elizabeth is currently editor of the "Texas Almanac". [ [http://www.texasalmanac.com/aboutus/ texasalmanac.com] ] Beto moved to Philadelphia in 2003 to work as a graphic artist for "The Philadelphia Inquirer". His studio is in Southlake, Texas in the (DFW) area of North Texas.

Illustration work

Lamberto began his professional career in 1975 as an illustrator and photographer at "The El Paso Times". He later worked as an illustrator at The "San Jose Mercury News" and assistant art director at the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram", and then as illustration director at "The Dallas Morning News". Among Lamberto's numerous national awards are a Silver Award from The Society of Newspaper Design, a first place for Illustration Portfolio from the Headliners, and awards from the Associated Press, featured in "Print Regional Design Annuals" in 2000, 2002, and the Associated Press Managing Editors for photography. Lamberto was also recognized as being a contributor to a 1986 Pulitzer Prize–winning story entitled “The Hidden Billions” about Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, which was written while he was working for "The San Jose Mercury News".Fact|date=January 2008

In addition to his work with newspapers, Lamberto’s artwork has been published by such clients as "Time" magazine, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, "The Boston Globe", "Los Angeles Times", and Scholastic Books, among many others.

Lamberto and his artist son, Beto Alvarez, collaborated on creating illustrations for a children’s book entitled "Muffler Man", [ [http://www.arte.uh.edu/view_book.aspx?isbn=1558853189 art.uh.edu] ] or "El Hombre Mofle", published by Arte Publico Press of the University of Houston. Both father and son worked together for several years at "The Dallas Morning News", Lamberto as Director of Illustration and Beto as a news Illustrator.

Lamberto also illustrated another children’s book for Arte Publico, "Dancing Miranda", [ [http://www.arte.uh.edu/view_book.aspx?isbn=1558853235 Dancing Miranda] ] or "Baila Miranda, Baila".

Art work

Lamberto participated in Walt Disney Company’s 75th anniversary celebration of Mickey Mouse and designed a life-sized statue of Mickey Mouse as part of the 75 InspEARations [ [http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-18753.html=467843 thedibb.co.uk] ] . Lamberto's Mickey Mouse [ [http://www.allearsnet.com/tp/mk/mick75.htm allearsnet.com] ] [ [http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?referrerid=93883&t=467843 disboard.com] ] is entitled "El Mickey" [ [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=112267 prnewswire.co.uk] ] and represented the Dallas/Fort Worth–based Disney Radio station. During the tour of all 75 statues, a group of 15 Mickey Mouse statues, including “El Mickey,” was exhibited in Grapevine’s Gaylord Hotel Resort. [ [http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_1144Half mickeynews.com] ] The proceeds from the sale of “El Mickey” benefited the “Make-a-Wish Foundation.”

Both Lamberto and his son participated in an international show sponsored by Nordstrom entitled "Love is in the Air", [ [http://www.hispanicbusiness.com//news/newsbyid.asp?NS=1&id=24891 hispanicbusiness.com] ] a celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. They have been invited to participate in this show from 2004–2006.

In 2006, Lamberto was involved in a year-long event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Southlake, the city in which he resides. He designed and painted three longhorn statues, [ [http://www.southlakehistory.org/stampedeartists.shtml southlakehistory.org] ] with the help of his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Veronica, to represent the sponsors that selected Lamberto to paint their longhorns: Verizon, Sabre Holdings and Aeristo.

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External links

* [http://www.allearsnet.com/tp/mk/mick75.htm 75th Anniversary of Mickey Mouse “InspEARations” program]