Adieb Khadoure Fine Art

Roberta de la Vega

Delighting viewers with her strong-willed female figures and adorable renditions of animals, specifically buffalo, horses and ravens, Roberta de la Vega’s work draws inspiration from her colorful Texas ancestry. On her father’s side, this includes relatives who fought in the Revolution War at the Alamo, co-wrote the Texas Constitution, and founded the first Protestant church in the state. A cousin, Cynthia Ann Parker, kidnapped by Comanche Indians, was mother to Quanah Parker, last of the Comanche war chiefs for whom the town of Quanah, Texas was named. Another relative, Bonnie Parker, had a more notorious reputation.

Roberta was inspired to paint from an early age and started by doing portraits of friends and relatives. She began to paint professionally in Venice, CA during the 1960s, at which point she started taking trips to Mexico, where she found additional inspiration. She continues to travel to the Yucatan to paint the Mayas and to do paintings depicting her West Texas heritage.