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A *Mother’s Guilt*, a self-portrait oil painting by Rio Grande Valley artist Josie Del Castillo, produced in 2024. (Courtesy of the artist)

Josie Del Castillo is a figurative painter whose work reflects the multilayered experiences of growing up Mexican American in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. Her paintings draw deeply from the everyday realities…

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