Carlos Carmona is a Chicago -Basen Mexican painter whose life has always been surrounded with art from watching his dad at a young age paint murals at home to having walls filled with his dad’s painting an images from the greatest Hispanic artists like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera , he was never longing for inspiration .Throughout his life , his art and style has evolved , each representative of not only moments but also the people in his life.

In the 1980´s his father won a National Postage Stamp Contest with a Painting he Created of a Xoloitzcuintl.These Series of a 16 paintings , titled ¨XOLO YO¨ where Carlos pays homage to his father and the story of the Xoloitzcuintl. (Show-low-ests-queent-lee). The Xolotl considered to be sacred by Aztecas and Mayans , both belived the Xolotl had created them and granted them powers to ward offevil spirits as well as serving them as a guide to the Underworld.