He also has an award from the Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi), Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, and The Dallas Press Club. Nevertheless, he also has top Honors from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. Trevino went on to find national accolades and to paint what came to him in Vietnam, lying in a muddy rice paddy. Randy has won nine Emmy Awards, including an Edward R. While hardly instantaneous, over time his mind taught his left arm to paint, and exceedingly well. You don’t lose that talent.' ”Įventually, Jesse picked up that brush and began to learn painting with his non-dominant arm. I lost my painting arm.’ And I would say ‘Jesse, you lost a painting arm, but you’ve got another one. “I would tell him every day, ‘Jesse, look - there’s a canvas, an easel, paint. So he secured an easel, canvas, brush and paints. He didn’t want to talk to anybody,” Albarran recalled. He returned to San Antonio and was undergoing surgeries and therapies at BAMC, where he met Vietnam vet and double amputee Armando Albarran. Vietnam and Treviño's eventual loss of his painting arm put a hard stop to his artwork, and that near-fatal injury left him hopeless. Jack Morgan Armando Albarran poses with the first picture Jesse painted with his left arm Treviño said that move would never happen because of the Vietnam War. Treviño moved to New York’s pre-hippie enclave of Greenwich Village, and after much success at school, was contemplating a move to Paris. chose New York because he had a family member living in Brooklyn.” “He won all kinds of contests, grade school and high school, and then he won scholarships to both the Art Students League of New York and the Chicago Art Institute. Trooper Matthew Burrows of state police at Milton said. Moves to San Antonio with his family when he is four, is a child prodigy in arts and is going to do great things,” Beamer said. Randy Beamer, the legendary News 4 San Antonio WOAI 5, 6, 6:30 and 10pm anchor, announced he is retiring Friday, Maafter more than 30 years in San Antonio. LEWISBURG Residents living near Great Stream Commons helped state police crack the case of Monday morning’s 500,000 vandalism spree. “He is born in Mexico into poverty, one of 12 children. Jesse Treviño: The Artist, The Man lives up to its expansive title, showing lots of art, and it also does a deep dive into the man who created it.īeamer said Treviño’s life is a great example of overcoming odds. When Treviño died, former WOAI TV anchor Randy Beamer was already assembling interviews to create a documentary about the artist. Jesse Treviño, the artist who many San Antonians regard as the city's greatest, died in February.
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