Jacinto Studios

Artist Bio

Arnulfo M.G. Jacinto, Jr.

Arnulfo, aka "Arnold", is a native of Santa Paula, California, which is located about an hour north of Los Angeles.  He has had multiple successes in both the athletic and art fields. He competed in the 1984 Olympics in Sprint Canoe Kayak and later went on to become a National coach at the Olympic Training Centers in Lake Placid, New York and San Diego, California.  After working as a firefighter for 7 years, he decided to return to school and graduated from the University of Southern California's Roski School of Art and Designs with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts.  Arnold went on to work on set designs and became the airbrush supervisor for the motion picture "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and billboard campaigns such as "Godzilla", "The Mask of Zorro", "The Gap", "The Chevrolet Corporation", and "Wells Fargo". Arnold was also an art teacher in California.  Because the State of California does not have a structured curriculum for studio arts and art history, Arnold designed a curriculum to prepare students for the college level of education. 

He and his wife Alisa moved to Lynchburg, VA in 2011 where Arnold is working toward MFA and MAT degrees from Liberty University.   The couple make up the team AJ Squared Productions and are currently working as set designers/scenic painters for such clients as Opera on the James, Academy Center of the Arts, Masterworx, Brookville High School, Liberty Christian Academy, Staunton River High School, and Forest Dance Academy.

In his spare time, Arnold enjoys working with different mediums, including graphite, Pen and Ink, Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, and Airbrush. He has recently been named "Lynchburg's Best Local Artist 2018" by Lynchburg Living Magazine and is the featured Artist in their March/April 2018 edition.  

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