American artist Manuel Peinado III documents his family’s immigrant experience.  He paints from slides his father shot and, upon his death, passed down. Peinado’s acrylic painting techniques and composition provide a viewfinder perspective of a family finding their way in Oakland, CA circa 1970. Peinado received a BFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA, resides in Oakland, paints from his art studio in Berkeley, and has called the Bay Area home since birth. 

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