This essay was included in the exhibition catalog, Domingo García, cuatro décadas de pintura, [Domingo García: Four Decades of Painting] for an exhibition held in the Convento de los Dominicosat the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña [ICP, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture] (pages.17–22). The exhibition ran from December 3, 1987 to February 28, 1988. Some of the portraits included in the exhibition were: Auto-retrato con gallo de pelea (1979) [Self Portrait with Gamecock], Don Severo Rivera (1979), Debutando (1979) [Debut], Personaje distinguido (1979) [Distinguished Character], Margarita (1979), Portrait of George Aguirre (1976–79), El Cacique (1979), El jíbaro futurista (1979) [The Ultramodern Hick], Portrait of Angie (1979), and The Rebirth of the Elite (1979).
Domingo García (Coamo, b. 1932) grew up in New York City and lived in the Big Apple for long stretches of time; however, he never broke his ties to Puerto Rico. In 1957, he returned to the island, and one year later, he founded the Galería Campeche in Old San Juan. This gallery provided a workshop, school, cultural center, and gallery where art training was provided for many of the young artists of that time. From 1988 to 1994, he was the director of the Galería Latinoamericana in Old San Juan. He also served as an instructor at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de San Juan [San Juan School of Visual Arts], from 1990 to 1997.