Portrait drawing of Pedro Arias
Title
Portrait drawing of Pedro Arias
Description
This portrait drawing of Pedro Arias was created by Mourning Our Losses volunteer EJ Joyner to accompany Pedro's memorial, which reads in part:
"Pedro Arias—or, as his friends called him, Pete—was born in 1963. He grew up with his mother, Adeline Rodriguez, and a few siblings. His home environment, however, was not conducive to a safe and healthy childhood, and those familiar with Pete’s upbringing describe it as harsh and troublesome. Pete was incarcerated at San Quentin Prison in California and survived 30 years on Death Row. He remained close with Delores Garcia, a friend since childhood, who had a daughter of her own; at the time of Pete’s incarceration, he and Delores were planning to get married. Delores recalls how Pete sent her daughter letters from jail. At the time, Delores’s mother, Marie Alvarado, echoed these sentiments, testifying that Pete “had always been respectful to her, always called her ‘mom,’” expressed remorse for his actions, and “wrote to her from jail when she was in the hospital with pneumonia. . . . On August 9, 2020, Pete succumbed to the coronavirus and passed away at an outside hospital. He was barely 58 years old."
To read Pedro's memorial in full, please visit Mourning Our Losses.
"Pedro Arias—or, as his friends called him, Pete—was born in 1963. He grew up with his mother, Adeline Rodriguez, and a few siblings. His home environment, however, was not conducive to a safe and healthy childhood, and those familiar with Pete’s upbringing describe it as harsh and troublesome. Pete was incarcerated at San Quentin Prison in California and survived 30 years on Death Row. He remained close with Delores Garcia, a friend since childhood, who had a daughter of her own; at the time of Pete’s incarceration, he and Delores were planning to get married. Delores recalls how Pete sent her daughter letters from jail. At the time, Delores’s mother, Marie Alvarado, echoed these sentiments, testifying that Pete “had always been respectful to her, always called her ‘mom,’” expressed remorse for his actions, and “wrote to her from jail when she was in the hospital with pneumonia. . . . On August 9, 2020, Pete succumbed to the coronavirus and passed away at an outside hospital. He was barely 58 years old."
To read Pedro's memorial in full, please visit Mourning Our Losses.
Creator
EJ Joyner
Source
Rights
public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Format
.jpg
Language
English
Type
Art
Identifier
mol00054
Coverage
North America--United States--
Collection
Citation
EJ Joyner, “Portrait drawing of Pedro Arias,” Sheltering Justice, Texas After Violence Project, accessed December 22, 2024, https://shelteringjustice.texasafterviolence.org/items/show/118.