Like ancient codices, they relate events of people and places, of love and friendship, and life and culture. Toby Morfin is a native of New Mexico. He comes from generations of artists. His paintings have large faces or solitary figures. The images are fragmented into separate pieces reminiscent of cubism.
Backgrounds are fields of primary colors.
Often he refers to Biblical images. They stare at us like paintings of pleasant saints from Catholic churches, but these are much larger. You are at first confronted by a Toby Morfin, then you are drawn into its message, and finally you are charmed by its dignity. He is a young talent with an ancient mind, a potent combination for an artist. The word Mestizo was first used in the New World to describe the interracial mix of Native American and Spanish.