Mr. Igoa is a descendant of French-Basque immigrants. He perfected his craft while attending college in France. He studied the great European Masters: Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Rembrandt, deVinci just to name a few.

He is also influenced by Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Norman Rockwell among others and he is inspired by American Plein Air and Western painters - Millard Sheets, Remington, Russell and Frank Tenney Johnson.

One of the many painting techniques that Mr. Igoa employs is called underpainting and glazes. This technique starts with laying down a layer of pigment beneath your finished painting. In doing so the artist allows the pigment to surface in random but controlled areas. It gives the painting a spark, helping to accentuate the the overlaying colors. Often the choice of underpaint color is one complimentary (opposite) to the colors on the surface.

Although he has a somewhat impressionistic style, he has an uncanny ability to accurately draw the human figure and he easily captures human likenesses.

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