Hector Viveros Lee, Teacher, Artist, and Author
Happy Birthday to teacher, artist, and children’s book author Hector Viveros Lee, born in Calexico, California to Mexican immigrant parents. Lee earned his BA at St. John’s College and his BFA at the Academy of Art College. Lee has written and illustrated for children’s books and magazines. He said of his heritage and his work, “On occasion I draw on my particular Latino experience to create pictures with universal appeal. Imaginary and fantastical elements are part of my work. I believe they are an integral part of living; they provide links to our interior reality. I draw with the conviction that art taps into our paradoxical and wonderful humanity–both in the simple and the complex, ordinary and the magical, the particular and the universal.” Lee authored the imaginative children’s book, “I Had a Hippopotamus”.
Feliz cumpleaños al maestro, artista y autor de libros para niños Héctor Viveros Lee, nacido en Calexico, California de padres inmigrantes mexicanos. Lee obtuvo su licenciatura en St. John’s College y su licenciatura en Bellas Artes en la Academy of Art College. Lee ha escrito e ilustrado para libros y revistas infantiles. Dijo sobre su herencia y su trabajo: “En ocasiones me baso en mi experiencia latina particular para crear imágenes con un atractivo universal. Elementos imaginarios y fantásticos son parte de mi trabajo. Creo que son una parte integral de la vida; proporcionan vínculos con nuestra realidad interior. Dibujo con la convicción de que el arte aprovecha nuestra paradójica y maravillosa humanidad, tanto en lo simple como en lo complejo, lo ordinario y lo mágico, lo particular y lo universal “. Lee es el autor del imaginativo libro para niños,” Tuve un hipopótamo ”.